No refunds will be made to applicants who are disqualified or fail to appear. Candidates who live outside Oswego County but within an Oswego County school district may apply to take the exam only for positions within their school district. Since the eligible list resulting from this exam will be used to fill vacancies in county departments, towns, villages and school districts under the jurisdiction of the Oswego County Director of Personnel, candidates who live outside the county may be certified only for positions within their respective school districts. The cities of Fulton and Oswego and their school districts are not under the jurisdiction of the Oswego County Director of Personnel. This work involves the performance of a variety of clerical tasks including substantial taking and transcribing of shorthand dictation and the operation of a microcomputer, typewriter, word processor or mainframe computer terminal requiring the manipulating of an alphanumeric keyboard to produce printed copy and enter data into databases.
Specific duties vary with the needs of the department.
The performance of stenographic duties distinguishes this position from a Typist. The incumbent does related work as required. The candidate is required to read, compare, check, reorder, and count letters and numbers following specific directions for each question. These questions are designed to test a candidate s ability to perform common record keeping tasks. The test consists of two or more sets of questions, each set concerning a different problem.