Date: 10.24.23-10.26.23
Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon PDT (each day)
Location: Virtual Event
The 42nd Annual Civil Service Conference, hosted in partnership with Public Safety Testing, occurred on October 24-26, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to noon each day.
The conference provides civil service commissioners, secretaries and examiners, other local human resources officials, and legal counsel with practical information on best practices and emerging issues they face every day.
The program agenda, including links to materials and Zoom recordings, is below:
Tuesday, October 24 - Day One
- Basic Training for New Commissioners & Essentials Refresher for Commissioners and Staff
Stephen DiJulio - Foster Garvey PC
Wednesday, October 25 - Day Two
- Updates at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC)
Monica Alexander, Executive Director - Washington State CJTC - Register Management: Who Is in Charge?
Stephen DiJulio - Foster Garvey PC - Legal Update
Stephen DiJulio; Alyssa Melter; Matthew Kelly - Foster Garvey PC
Thursday, October 26 - Day Three
- Panel Discussion: Do Hiring Standards Still Exist in Today’s Ultra Competitive Environment?
Jon Walters, Public Safety Testing; Ken Thomas, Public Safety Testing; Mike Bolasina, Summit Law Group; Ty Elmendorf; Dr. Cerise Vablais, Public Safety Psychological Services, PLLC - Public Safety Testing Annual All-Agency Business Meeting
Matthew Walters; Greg Wilson; Jim Nelson - Public Safety Testing
- What applicant trends are we seeing?
- Veteran’s Preference – Simplified!
- Virtual Testing – What we have learned
- Trends in testing, investigations, and promotional testing
- What’s new (and improved) at PST
- And more…
The conference is complimentary for our guests and hosted via Zoom.
Questions. If you have questions about the Conference, please email events@foster.com.
