Staffing is one of the most dreaded tasks in the Public Service. It takes an inordinate amount of management time to prepare for a competition, and even more time to conduct the screening and evaluation process. This is precious time that most managers in the Public Service do not have.
Greymark Inc. is an Ottawa based consulting firm that has developed a solution to this age-old problem. We have been involved in Information Technology staffing for more than fifteen years. To make your job easier we:
- develop the Statement of Merit Criteria with you and gain approval with your HR advisor;
- develop a written test, or written simulation;
- develop and oral simulation, or interview questions;
- develop a Reference Check guide;
- develop a Scoring Process and Scoring Guides for the initial screening, the written and oral
tests, and for the reference checks; - conduct the initial Screening of resumes for you. We provide comments for each criteria that
does not pass. These comments can be used to provide the candidate with useful feedback
during the process; - conduct a workshop with the selection board to finalize the screening report;
- evaluate and score the written situation or exams. In the same fashion as screening, we provide valuable comments for those criteria not met;
- conduct a workshop with the selection board to finalize the report for the written exam.
- prepare the selection board for the oral interview with questions and scoring guides.
Our consultants are well versed in the new Public Service Employment Act. We know how to develop the Statement of Merit Criteria with mandatory criteria and asset criteria so that you will have qualified candidates in the pool that you select from. The assets that you have established will enable quick selection from the pool for each position.
You don't have to set aside a lot of your personal time, and that of your selection board to run a Computer Science (CS) category staffing process. Greymark will guide you through the exercise bringing years of experience and tool kits to bear. We have conducted several competitions with multiple positions being competed.
We have a broad range of experience within the CS category, everything from Planning and Architecture, through Application Development to Technology Services, Operations, Networks and Security.
Let Greymark help you make your staffing experience a pleasant experience!
A Guide for Responding to Competitions
Greymark Inc. assists numerous clients with IT staffing competitions. Our clients often tell us that they wish their staff were better prepared to respond to a competition, and they share their disappointment if they are screened out. Greymark has developed a guide for responding to competitions within the Government of Canada. You can reference the guide here.