Are there career ladders built into the classification plan? If so, how do they work?
Yes. In defining career ladders the emphasis should be placed on ‘career’. The concept of career ladder is built into the plan so that employees may enter the service at the lowest level (i.e. Office Assistant I, for example) and move to the highest level in the service (i.e. Administrative Service Manager IV) during their career by acquiring the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities through training and experience and by accepting changes in job assignments. When the plan was developed in each department, the career ladder was included for all agencies and divisions in that department. For example, an employee can enter as an Office Assistant I in the Department of Health and Human Resources and then progress to an HHR Associate, an HHR Specialist, HHR Specialist, Senior (supervisory level), an HHR Program Manager, and, finally, an HHR Office Director. This can be accomplished by acquiring a bachelor or advanced degree or by additional experience. There are many professional and t
