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Job Seeker Tips

  • Learn about civil service jobs in the State of Michigan. Read the job descriptions and how to apply.
  • Review a list of college degree majors and the corresponding list of qualifying Civil Service job classifications, and a list of currently nonaccredited colleges and universities.
  • A résumé is your opportunity to tell employers about your skills, abilities, experience, and education, as well as a chance to show that you belong in that job. Click here for useful tips on writing your résumé.
  • While your résumé is a summary of your credentials, your cover letter can be an effective marketing tool. Your aim is to demonstrate why your education, work experience, skills, and background uniquely qualify you for the position. See our helpful tips on writing a cover letter.
  • Preparation is an important part of the interview process. The time you spend preparing prior to the interview will be time well spent. See our tips on interview techniques for suggestions on ways to prepare.
  • The State Transitional Business and Administrative Technician process can be used to facilitate career movement by allowing employees to move from an administrative or office support classification to a business-related technician classification when appointment to the technician classification would result in the employee losing pay because they do not possess the experience requirement for the experienced or the advanced-level technician classification. Click here to view questions & answers about the State Transitional Business and Administrative Technician classification process.
  • The Departmental Trainee classification can be used to facilitate career movement for nonprofessional, non-degreed career employees by allowing them to move into one of 11 specified professional Business and Administrative classifications without losing pay or employment preference rights. Click here to view information about the Departmental Trainee Classification process.
  • The State Transitional Professional process can be used to facilitate professional employees’career movement by allowing them to switch from one professional classification to another without losing pay or employment preference rights. Click here to view questions & answers about the State Transitional Professional process.
  • The State Transitional Manager process can be used to facilitate managerial employees’career movement by allowing them to switch from one managerial classification to another without losing pay or employment preference rights. Click here to view questions & answers about the State Transitional Manager process.
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The State of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Civil Service Rule 2-7 states: All persons offered employment in the classified service are required to submit to and pass a pre-employment drug test as a condition of employment

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