Fwd: Re[2]: [Web4lib] RE: [Publib] Job listing- Webmaster in CT

[Sharon Foster]

I live in Danbury, and have applied for city jobs in the past. I don't
believe that "non-professional" jobs require an application fee. If
they do, then I believe there is a request for waiver process to
accommodate those situations where a qualified applicant can't afford
the fee.

[trying to put the best possible spin on this] I think the purpose of
the fee is to encourage people to read the job requirements carefully,
and discourage them from applying for jobs for which they are not
qualified, not so much for raising revenues. The Civil Service
Commission only meets once a month, and they don't have time to wade
through 300 applications for the "plum" jobs, of which this would be
considered one.

On 7/9/07, Sue Kamm <suekamm at mindspring.com> wrote:
> And the powers-that-be wonder why service to the public turns bad. If the agency charges an application fee, they may wonder why they have so few applicants for their open jobs.  (Do they require candidates for sanitation worker or other low-skilled jobs to pay a fee?  These are probably the people who can least afford to shell out $10 to apply for a job.)