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RECRUITMENT & EXAMINATION DIVISION <br /> PROGRAM 8. BUDGET REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE <br /> FISCAL YEAR 1997-1998 (FY '98) <br /> DEPARTMENT: CIVIL SERVICE <br /> DIVISION: RECRUITMENT ~ EXAMINATION <br /> PROGRAM: RECRUITMENT & EXAMINATION <br /> <br /> A. PROGRAMS <br /> 1. Identify new goals and objectives reflected in your FY '98 budget and the <br /> rationale and authority for implementation. <br /> The division has no new goals and will maintain the following goals listed <br /> from last year: <br /> • to provide equal employment opportunities in County government for <br /> qualified in-service personnel and residents of the County of Hawaii and <br /> the State of Hawaii. <br /> • to develop and maintain an effective recruitment and examination <br /> system to attract qualified applicants and determine their fitness for <br /> employment with the County of Hawaii. <br /> • to expand the applicant management software system designed for <br /> public sector recruitment and examination functions. <br /> • to continue with the Violence In The Workplace training for new County <br /> of Hawaii employees. <br /> Hawaii State law requires that the County of Hawaii provide for a career <br /> service in government which will attract, select and retain the best of our <br /> citizens based on merit, free from discrimination and coercive political <br /> influences, with incentives in the form of genuine employment opportunities. <br /> In accordance with this provision of law, the Recruitment and Examination <br /> Division conducts recruitments to attract qualified applicants and administers <br /> examinations to determine their fitness for employment with the County of <br /> Hawaii. <br /> The Recruitment and Examination Division was established by the Director of <br /> Personnel and approved by the Mayor. It was established for the purpose of <br /> administering the recruitment and examination program for the County of <br /> Hawaii. <br /> As part of the central personnel agency, we comply with a host of State and <br /> Federal statutes pertaining to employment. These include Chapters 76, 77, <br /> 78, 89, 92, 378, and 831 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the County of Hawaii <br /> Charter, federal laws such as the Civil Rights Acts, Equal Pay Act, Equal <br /> Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age <br /> Discrimination in Employment Act, the Uniform Guidelines on Employee <br /> <br />