WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN “Or any equivalent combination of… determined to be acceptable by the Office of Human Resources (formerly Personnel Dept.)” APPEARS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT?
This statement is taken from the section of the Job Description known as the equivalency statement. It authorizes the Office of Human Resources to accept substitutions for the required education and experience. This authority may not be exercised if significantly more qualified candidates apply for an examination than are needed to fill all vacant positions. In that case, the Office of Human Resources may not accept any substitutions for the required education and experience. The equivalency statement defines the parts of the requirements that can be replaced by some combination of comparable education and/or experience, and the parts of the requirement that can not be replaced. The three most common versions of the equivalency statement are as follows. “Or any equivalent combination of experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Human Resources” means that applicants may be able to substitute additional education or experience for some or all of the required experience des
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