The battle over the recently scuttled Boston firefighters promotional civil-service test heats up in the coming days with a Wednesday hearing on a lawsuit and then another Thursday before the Civil… ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – If you’re considering working for New York City, you may want to consider taking a civil service exam. More than 80% of jobs in city government require the exam, according ...

In Massachusetts, it's called Civil Service. Consider the facts. On a recent Civil Service exam for Boston police, 492 candidates managed to get a score of 95 or above. That's wonderful.

Demand for the job has spiked since 2007, the last time the entry exam was given, when it attracted 40,000 applicants. During the 1990 recession, 100,000 job seekers applied.

A new law that took effect July 1 brings much of the state’s century-old civil service system to an end. The return of old-fashioned political hiring may be the result.

Jobseekers interested in working for New York State have until Feb. 20 to apply to take a Civil Service exam that's only given every couple of years, the state Department of Civil Service announced.

Civil Service was founded to take nepotism, politics and corruption out of hiring, and gives preference to people such as disabled military veterans and children of police officers killed in the ...

The Michigan Civil Service Commission is accused of using an exam that discriminates against black applicants who want to work for the state police or become conservation officers.

There is now another path to becoming a police officer in Atlantic City. Thanks to a state law Gov. Phil Murphy signed in February, municipalities can waive civil service exam requirements for some ...

The Michigan Civil Service Commission is accused of using an exam that discriminates against black applicants who want to work for the state police or become conservation officers.