The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-12-12
sTEu0GRlPHERs WAN TED.
Opportunities FOR Young
Men ana Women in Government
service-hext Examination CT
Applicants Jan. 20, 1915.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that open
competitive examinations for steno-
grapher and typewriter, to fill po-
sitions in the Departmental and Pa
mama Canal Services, will be held
Jan. Is 1915, at the following places:
Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Monroe,
Lake Charles, New Iberia, New Or
leans and Shreveport Both men
and women will be admitted to the
examination for the Departmental
Service, but men only viii be ex-
amined for the Panama Canal Ser
vice. In applying for application
forms, which may be obtained from
| the Commission at Washington, D.
c., Or the secretary of the tenth
civil service district, New Orleans,
La, the applicant should state for
which service he desires to be ex-
amined. No application will be &C
cepted unless properly executed
and filed with the Commission at
Washington in time to arrange for
the examination at the place select
ed by the applicant. The exact tt.
tie of the examination should be
stated in the application form.
The Commission again calls at
tention to the excellent opportuni-
ties for the appointment of quail
fled male stenographers and type
writer's in the Departmental Ser
vice at Washington, D. c., in which
the demand for such eligibles has
been greater than the supply. The
usual entrance salary is $840 or 5000 I
per annum, and promotion Is rea-
sonably rapid to those who merit it. I
For the Panama Canal Service the
usual entrance salary is $500 per an
mum.
In order to become eligible for per-
manent appointment in the apportion-
ed service in Washington, appli-
cants are, under the law, required
to be examined in the state in
which they reside and to have been
actually domiciled in such state for
date OF the examination. Applica- !
ton Form 304 is required for this {
service. +
The medical certificate in the ap- !
olication form for the Panama Canal S
Service must be executed by a rep S
liable physician All appointees to il
his service are required to be r
physically sound and in good health.
Application Form 1872 is required. A
The stenographer and typewriter I
examination is combination Of the
examination and the
typewriter examination Five hours
re allowed for the stenographer ex-
alone, five hours for the
typewriter examination alone, and /
tx hours for the stenographer and 4
examinations combined 4
'or the combined examination the
ubjects of copying from rough draft, 4
enmanship, report writing and arith- ]
letic are required to be taken but
nee.
If competitor takes a combined
but passes only in the
tenographef or the typewriter exam D
nation, his name will be entered up
n the register of the examination
hitch he passes. If he passes both
examinations the averages of the I
Wo. will be combined, stenographyl
aV1ng q weight and typeWrit-
y u u, anu Wilt the TGSuILdnL8 aNeT-ta
sc his name will be entered upon I
le combined register. /
Applicants for appointment as type
ritter must provide themselves with
,peWriting machines and stands for
Sc in the examination. Z
Age, Departmental Service. 10
ears or over; Panama Canal Ser
&C. 20 to 45 years. United STATES a
tizenship required.
Each applicant must furnish ex-lH
miner on day Of examination his I
her unmounted photograph taken !
thin two years. TIntypes not ac- I
.pted.
Schedule of spring examinations 4
Id sample questions may be Sc I
red after January Is. No sam
e questions can be furnished at this /
ne.
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