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... practical test of efficiency at the desk . It is believed that no person can perform the work required in the examination for admission sufficiently well to receive an appointment who does not possess the capacity to perform the routine ...
... practical test of efficiency at the desk . It is believed that no person can perform the work required in the examination for admission sufficiently well to receive an appointment who does not possess the capacity to perform the routine ...
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... practical experi- ence , the power to analyze a concrete problem , and determine by what rule or rules it should be solved . And this power of analysis is usually found to exist only in those who have had some practical business ...
... practical experi- ence , the power to analyze a concrete problem , and determine by what rule or rules it should be solved . And this power of analysis is usually found to exist only in those who have had some practical business ...
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... practical branches of the examination , proving that , in the long run , general intelligence is the best guarantee of capacity . So far from being disposed to tone down or do away with this branch of the examination , the Board is ...
... practical branches of the examination , proving that , in the long run , general intelligence is the best guarantee of capacity . So far from being disposed to tone down or do away with this branch of the examination , the Board is ...
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... practical examination , such as the Board aims to give , is the best test of capacity for actual service — that it presents the fairest and most rational mode of determining the relative qualifications of candidates . To the common ...
... practical examination , such as the Board aims to give , is the best test of capacity for actual service — that it presents the fairest and most rational mode of determining the relative qualifications of candidates . To the common ...
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... practical test , rates men according to their real value . The remark is opportune at this point , that , despite many marked and often notorious exceptions , political reasons did not have so con- trolling a weight in making promotions ...
... practical test , rates men according to their real value . The remark is opportune at this point , that , despite many marked and often notorious exceptions , political reasons did not have so con- trolling a weight in making promotions ...
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Page 47 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit; or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever...
Page 82 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 45 - Eighth, that notice shall be given in writing by the appointing power to said commission of the persons selected for appointment or employment from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation...
Page 8 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined or to be examined being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Page 5 - Sixth, that no person in said sendee has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Page 79 - That after the expiration of six months from the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be appointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, or that may be arranged berenuder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted from such examination in conformity herewith.
Page 60 - Congress, showing its own action, the rules and regulations and the exceptions thereto in force, the practical effects thereof, and any suggestions it may approve for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of this act.
Page 4 - ... the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter ; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their duties, and establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the civil service.