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Scholarship Opportunity through the CSEA Foundation
Scholarship Opportunity through the CSEA Foundation
There are many benefits to membership in SEIU Local 1000. Here’s another opportunity offered to our members through the CA State Employees Association Foundation.
If you are not currently an SEIU Local 1000 member and would like to join, please click here.
Career Mobility
Career Mobility is your tool for success
Welcome to Local 1000’s Career Mobility page. We have provided you with resources to enhance your knowledge and abilities, as well as improve your skills, when interviewing and testing for new positions in state service.
This page is designed to help you along in your job search and lead you to new opportunities in hundreds of departments up-and-down the state of California.
When you’ll serve a probationary period
Your first job in state service
Congratulations! You passed the first two parts of this process - the state civil service exam and the interview. Now you’ve got one more test in front of you – the probationary period – to find out if you can actually do the work.
The importance of duty statements
You must know what your duties are if you’re going to carry them out successfully.
That’s why, if you haven’t been given a duty statement, ask for one right away. Our contract (Article 14.4) provides that you must be given a current duty statement within 15 calendar days of your request.
Writing a Letter of Rebuttal
If you receive a negative probationary evaluation, it is absolutely essential that you write a Letter of Rebuttal within two weeks of receiving the negative report. If you end up being rejected on probation and file an appeal, a good record of your prompt attempts to address concerns and plans to correct deficiencies will assist you at the State Personnel Board.
Get the training you need
A common complaint is that employees don’t get the training they need to be successful in their new positions.
Sit down with your supervisor and describe the training you need to be successful. Be specific. After the meeting, send your supervisor a memo or email confirming the discussion you had.
Your training requests can include:
Rejection on Probation
If you frequently review and act upon the information provided here, you’ll greatly reduce your chances of rejection.
Education
If your department requires you to attend an educational program, you must be reimbursed for your costs. This includes tuition, registration fees, books, transportation, parking, and lodging.
Educational programs that are not required may be reimbursed if approved by your department. Some departments are more open to training than others. Emphasize how the program will help improve your department and the services you provide to every day Californians.
For more details, view Section 13.10.1 of our Memorandum of Understanding.
Training
The vast majority of the responses to the Bargaining Unit 1 website survey indicated a high interest in on-line classes. On this page there are a number of resources. They include on-line classes for specific skills: research and analytical, Project Management, IT and general classes to improve writing, computer and math skills.
