A. The Human Resources primary responsibility is to ensure that the treatment of all applicants is fair, equitable, and consistent with applicable state and federal guidelines. The City desires to fill all job openings with the most qualified applicants. Whenever possible the City promotes or transfers employees from within, provided that the internal candidate is the most qualified candidate for the position. The City may choose to seek external candidates to fill any vacancies at any time. When the City chooses to post job openings it shall be for a period of not less than four days.

B. Applicants must file applications for employment as described in the job posting. Failure to appropriately complete the application may disqualify the applicant from consideration for employment. No response will be given to unsolicited resumes and/or applications, nor will they be kept on file in the Human Resource Office.

C. The City conducts a background examination of applicants being considered for employment, which may include, but is not limited to, an evaluation of the applicant’s personal and professional background, educational experience, criminal history check, substance abuse screening, written exam, and any other exam or evaluation deemed appropriate for the position at the City’s sole discretion.

D. If an employee or applicant has falsified any item of information on the application, or has engaged in conduct inconsistent with standards of conduct outlined in these policies, the City may terminate the employee or remove the applicant from consideration for employment.

E. Appointed positions are filled at the sole discretion of the Department Head with authorization from the City Manager.

F. For non-appointed positions, which require extensive experience and or higher education, or are deemed critical to the organization, the City Manager may authorize the Human Resource Office to recruit applicants to apply for open positions with or without advertising the position. If it is necessary to recruit candidates for positions requiring highly specialized skills from outside the organization the City Manager retains the discretion to do so and may solicit candidates for the positions by any means possible.

G. All examinations are conducted under the supervision of the Human Resource Office.

H. All examinations are free to all qualified applicants.