09-14-81 Civil Service Commission Meeting minutes

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• Civil Service Meeting September 14, 1981 ' Page 29 Hud ens: I really don't know how effective that is, ah--- Freeman: It's about as effective as you can get an opinion out of a psychiatrist. Trainer: That's right. They can identify traits very well by the way you answer the questions. What they can't identify is how a person will react under certain sets of circumstances. That's why a psychiatrist always gets----you can not tell how people are going to act under certain sets of circumstances. But they can identify traits very well; whether or not you're short-tempered, you know, hot- tempered, you know, if your a easy-going sort of person, by your life style; but they cannot predict how you will act in a situation. Freeman: I have had one under this system we're using now rejected. I'm trying to think who it was--you know, the circumstances, but I don't remember, but we did have one rejected on the psychological. Trainer: Yeah, the psychological tests are very important. Randall: Herbie, are we over anything on the entrance---testing of the new applicants, at all? Have we covered everything that you know of? Freeman: I think so, yes sir. Trainer: We end up with medical, a good general applicant entrance test provided by the State Commission which has already been validated, which will be good, and a physical fitness test, right? Freeman: ---and a psychological test. Trainer: --and the psychological testing, that's---I can't think of anything else. We've already almost adopted ourselves an agenda for next week, haven't we. Davis: Yes, we really have. Hudgens: Do you have all the agenda items down for next week? Trainer: We can't have any administrative reports can we? Hudgens: No, I stuck that there to ah--just in case we came up with something after the agenda was posted. You know, you kind of sneak those in under administrative reports. Joyner: --Cover your flanks. Hudgens: Right, that's the way to bring up information. You can't act on it officially but---well I guess you can but--- Trainer: I'll check with all of us tomorrow and see when we can meet again, hopefully • within the next five to seven days. Mary knows what we're going to talk about and is going to get some stuff together for us. Is there anything else we need to talk about---we need to cover officially, before we close the open meeting? Chief?