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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO .s�xa CIVIL SERVICE MEETING: March 28, 1991 PRESENT: Chairman Robert Wendt, Commissioner Henry Robinson, Secretary Tracy Ice GUESTS: Safety Director Ernest Gundy, Fire Chief Osterhouse PRADCO Representative Mr. Kapusinski MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED AS READ. OLD BUSINESS The Civil Service Commission received their night line, that number is 777-4286. Chairman Robert Wendt wanted to invite PRADCO Representative Mr. Kapusinski to come to this Civil Service Meeting to discuss other testing procedures. Mr. Kapusinski attended our meeting and said the following: PRADCO is a company who evaluates work habits, skills and decision making of candidates after they pass our exams. and are at the top of our list. Each candidate has to fill out a Personal Profile which takes approximately 2-4 hours. PRADCO covers logical reasoning, verbal comprehension, math test, personality traits, previous work experience, words, concepts and so on. Then there is an interview of about 1/2 hour with the PRADCO representative where at the end of the interview PRADCO writes up a one-page letter on why they feel this person would be good for that position or not. The turnaround time to get the results back is usually 3-5 working days (sooner if you want it to be verbal over the phone). PRADCO has twelve (12) professionals on staff. This testing procedure can be used for Entry Level or Promotional exams. The cost for a MINI ASSESSMENT is $450 per candidate the higher the rank the more extensive the process will be and therefore the cost will be a few hundred dollars more per candidate. Robert Wendt and Chief Osterhouse feel that PRADCO would be more beneficial for Entry Level. Civil Service can then have the candidates screened more thoroughly and hope that the candidates that they hire will be the better candidate and stay with the department a long time.