Job pools are used to place successful candidates on a pre-screened list after going through several stages of testing. These pools are then made available to interested hiring managers for additional testing or to provide managers the opportunity to extend a formal job offer. Being placed in a job pool does not necessarily guarantee that [...]
The EC category makes up a significant population of all public service positions. Individuals in these positions are commonly referred to as Policy Analysts or Economists. Almost all EC employees have at least one university degree; it is not uncommon for EC’s to have Masters or PhDs. The latest contract for the ECs ended on [...]
What is the Public Service Entrance Exam? The Public Service Entrance Exam (PSEE) is a new exam designed for the assessment of University Graduates. The exam was tested during the first half of 2011 and will now be used to screen students in the 2011 Post Secondary Recruitment. It is likely that the exam will be used in [...]
Congratulations! You have passed the written exam(s). Many individuals perceive the hardest aspect of the recruitment process to be the written portion. When will I be notified? Most departments in the Government of Canada will invite you for an oral interview two to three weeks prior to the interview date. If you cannot make it to the exam [...]
Congratulations! You have passed the written exam(s). Many individuals perceive the hardest aspect of the recruitment process to be the written portion. A common question I will address in this article is: What should I wear? Although most government employees wear business casual attire to work, I highly advise against this choice of clothing for your interview. To [...]
The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) formerly known as GAC, is one the departments in the Government of Canada that receives the largest number of job applications each year. In any given Post Secondary Recruitment (PSR) year, Human Resources at GAC can expect to receive 10 000 or more applications (approximately 13 000 in 2011) . This number has been steadily increasing [...]
The purpose of the Supervised Public Service Entrance Exam (PSEE) 371 is to assess your reasoning and judgement skills for officer-level positions in the federal public service. Hiring managers use your score from this exam on its own or as the final step in a two-step assessment process, following an unsupervised version of the test (i.e., PSEE [...]
Similar to last year’s Post Secondary Recruitment (PSR) campaign, the online / unsupervised Public Service Entrance Exam (PSEE) UIT 370 is composed of two separate exams (often called sub-tests: the Test of Reasoning and the Test of Judgement). All applicants are asked to take the Test of Reasoning (sub-test 1). The test of Judgement (sub-test [...]
The Post Secondary Recruitment Campaign will run from September 11, 2014 to October 2, 2014 this year. Every year, tens of thousands of applications are received for a few coveted positions, A main reason that many university students do not succeed is due to a lack of adequate planning and preparation. A sound knowledge of [...]
The Public Service Entrance Exam (PSEE) was a new initiative of the Government of Canada that started in 2011. The PSEE now forms part of the Post Secondary Recruitment selection process The purpose of the Public Service Entrance Exams are to test candidates’ knowledge in the following categories: arithmetic reasoning, logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and number or letter [...]