The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-13

WASHINGTON, - Before ex- planning a little more about the 5 and 10 point Federal Government job preferences for ex-service peo- pie, maybe you'd like to know how to go about getting a government job Here's the way it's told to me.
 There are regional or branch of fices of the U s, Civil Service Com mission in g large cities. These are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Winston, Salem, Wash ington, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleve- land, Chicago, Detroit, St. Paul, Omaha, St. Louis. Kansas City, Dal- las New Orleans, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Denver and Salt Lake City.
 If you are in one of these cities you can get information about jobs that are open, examinations that are to be held, pay, hours, and all that stuff, by going to the commissions office. But a good amount of this information is also available, if you aren't in one of tose cities, at any first or second class post office, at any U. s. Employment Service Office, at an Army or Navy hospital or at an Army Separation Center; and if these aren't convenient for you to get to, there's the mail to carry an inquiring letter off to the central office of the commission, in Washington, D. c.
 Veterans will not only have to file an application for job, but they should make doggone sure they also file a completed preference form, so that when they are being rated they will get preferred rating, after their examination-which, for many jobs, will be the next step following the application. Right here I want to sneak in the comment that there are two kinds of examinations - assembled and "unassembled" For some jobs the applicants go to an examination room and take a written test. That's an assembled examination. But often there is no written examination. Competitors are rated according to the facts shown on their application = their experience, past service, education and training That's unassembled.
 And there are many government jobs with competition open only to veterans custodians, caretakers, dam tenders, elevator operators, building guards, forest guards, mes sengers, patrolmen, ship-keepers and few others. During this war and for five years following, the President can designate other posi- tions for veterans only.
 But let's get parh to the examina- tion. This is where the veterans preference helps Whether it's a written one of whether it's an ex- animation of the applicants quail fications, each competitor is given rating. It must be 70 percent or above or the competitors name won't go on the list to be consider ed for appointment. After the rat ing is determined, all veterans rat ings are increased by five points, un- less they claim and can prove a service connected disability. Then the increase is 10 points and the dis abled veterans name goes to the top of the list.
 To show how this works out, suggest we assume that Tom, Dick and Harry want to compete. for the same government job. but they find the examination has closed and three names of qualified applicants, A, B, and c, appear on the appoint ment list, all with rating of 75 per cent. These three applicants are not veterans.
 Tom has just left the Air Corps. He isn't disabled, but he's entitled to a 5 point preference. Even though the list is closed Tom can be examined to determine his rating and to en- ter his name on the closed list. Dick has been out of the Navy for ten months. He has a service connected disability and is entitled to a TO-