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GGD-81-63 1 (1981-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UN[TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ). WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 GrNERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION MAR 2 6 i981 The Honorable Carl C. UlsakerII liII Senior Assistant Postmaster j~- Ili I General I Employee and Labor 3.7 1 117 Relations Group 17 Subject: cost of Examinations to Fill Anticipated Vacancies Could Be Reduced(GGD-81-63) Dear Mr. Ulsaker: We have reviewed the Postal Service's system for examining, grading and selecting applicants for employment. Our review was conducted at Postal Service Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Cen- tral Region Headquarters and the (hicago Post Office, Chica 7 K Illinois; and the National Test Administration Center, Los Angeles, California. We reviewed the eligibility registers and hiring worksheets for four Chicago Post Office announcements of written examinations for employment issued between May 1978 and December 1979. We also obtained from the Chicago Post Office and the National Test Administration Center the costs of examin- ;tb3 ing and grading applicants. - TOO M4ANY EXAMINATIONS GIVEN Many more applicants were examined and graded than were needed to fill anticipated vacancies. The four announcements reviewed produced about 98,500 applicants to fill 2,600 antici- pated vacancies in the Chicago Post Office. We estimate that it cost the Service $94,700 to examine and grade the 54,200 appli- cants who reported for examination. of those applicants who took the examination, 37,940 or 70 percent passed. At the time of our review, the Chicago Post Office had considered 5,293 of these applicants for employment and hired 1,859--a hiring rate of 35 percent. Based on this experience, the Chicago Post office will need to consider about 7,430 1/ eligible applicants to fill 2,600 anticipated vacancies. To obtain this iriany eligible applicants, about 10,600 2/ people needed to be examined. We estimated that about $74,800 was spent to examine the remaining 43,600 applicants. 1/2,600 divided by 35 percent. 2/7,430 divided by 70 percent. 0(223170)

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