What are Registers?

A register is a list of applicants who are eligible to be hired for a job classification. For a Merit System Department to consider you for employment, your name must be included on the register for the job classification for which you would like to be considered. The Division of Personnel maintains the register of eligibles for each job classification and adds names of qualified applicants to those registers.

How do I get my name on the Register?

Once you submit your application to the Division of Personnel, the information contained on it will be used to determine if you meet the eligibility requirements of the job titles for which you applied.

For job classifications that do not require an examination, your name will be added to the register the day your application is reviewed – if you are determined to be eligible. If the job classification you want to be considered for requires an examination, you will receive notice of the date and time of the examination in the mail.

If you are not eligible to be added to a register, you will receive notification from the Division of Personnel.

Can my name be removed from the Register?

Your name may be removed from the register for any of the following reasons:

1. If you fail to answer a Merit Department’s letter, or if you fail to appear for an interview. In these circumstances, your name will be removed from the register for 90 days. The Division of Personnel will send you a letter telling you how you can be placed back on the register.
   
   
2. If you change your address and fail to notify the Division of Personnel.
   
   
3. If you are hired for a permanent position for the job classification, a comparable job classification, or a higher paid classification. You may send a written request to be placed back on the register for comparable or lower paid job classifications.
   
   Note: If you are hired to a Broadbanded Management classification, your name will remain on the register for that classification.
   
   
4. At the time of the register expiration (normally 1 or 2 years after the date your name is added to the register). You will be notified of the register expiration date when you receive your grade notice. Your grade notice will also inform you if you will need to send a letter asking for another year to remain on the register, of if you will need to submit a new application.