How to Get a Job with EDD

Open Examinations | Promotional Examinations | Career Executive Assignment Examinations

Before you can be appointed to a permanent position, you must take an examination to establish your eligibility for a specific job classification.

Permanent, Permanent Intermittent, and Limited-Term hires are made from the eligibility lists created from an examination. (Some positions are temporary and do not require an examination. Please review the job announcement to determine if you must first compete in an examination.)

After completing the examination, candidates will receive a final score and be placed into a rank. In general, only those in the top three ranks are reachable and ready for appointment. As the ranks are cleared, the next lowest rank becomes reachable.

Types of Examinations

There are two types of examinations: Open and Promotional. Open examinations are open to anyone that meets the minimum qualifications listed on the exam bulletin for the classification regardless of their current place of employment.

Promotional examinations, however, are limited to current or recent Employment Development Department (EDD) employees with permanent status who meet the minimum qualifications listed on the exam bulletin for the classification. The EDD administers many of its own open and promotional examinations. The California State Personnel Board (SPB) administers many open examinations which are used by EDD and other state agencies.

In addition, individuals who meet the minimum qualifications and have permanent civil service status as described in Government Code 19889.3, legislative employees who meet the criteria described in Government Code 18990 and exempt employees who meet the criteria described in Government Code 18992, may compete for a Career Executive Assignment (CEA) position.

To participate in an examination, you must complete and submit a State Application form (STD. 678) following the directions stated in the specific exam bulletin for which you are applying. The State Application can be completed online, or downloaded from the SPB Web site. Applications can also be obtained at any EDD Field Office, EDD Headquarters in Sacramento, or SPB.

Inquiries regarding a particular exam should be directed to the contact person listed on the exam bulletin. For general information about getting a state job, please visit SPB's How to Apply for a State Job Web page.

This information is provided as a courtesy of EDD's Human Resource Services Division (HRSD). It is the responsibility of each individual to review the actual exam bulletin accessible below or located at HRSD, 722 Capitol Mall, 6th Floor Solar, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Open Examinations

Open Examinations Scheduled for the Employment Development Department

Classification	Final Filing Date	Location	Additional Information
Accountant I (Specialist)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Accountant Trainee	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Assistant Information Systems Analyst	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Associate Governmental Program Analyst	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Associate Information Systems Analyst	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Custodian (LEAP)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Data Processing Manager I	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Data Processing Manager II	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Data Processing Manager III	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Data Processing Manager IV	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Employment Program Representative and Disability Insurance Program Representative	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Investigator	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Labor Relations Analyst	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Labor Relations Specialist	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Office Assistant Series (LEAP)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Office Technician Series (LEAP)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Office Technician (General) and Office Technician (Typing)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Personnel Specialist	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Program Technician (LEAP)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Counsel	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Counsel III (Specialist)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Services Analyst	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Services Analyst (General) (LEAP)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Services Manager I	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Services Manager II (Supervisory)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Staff Services Manager III	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Systems Software Specialist I (Technical)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Systems Software Specialist II (Technical)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Systems Software Specialist III (Supervisory)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Tax Auditor, EDD (Auditor I)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online
Tax Compliance Representative, EDD (Tri-Agency Compliance Exam)	Continuous Testing	Statewide	Apply online

Promotional Examinations

Promotional Examinations Scheduled for the Employment Development Department

Classification	Final Filing Date	Location	Additional Information
Senior Accounting Officer (Specialist)	February 21, 2012	Sacramento	View the Bulletin
Senior Accounting Officer (Supervisor)	February 21, 2012	Sacramento	View the Bulletin

Career Executive Assignment Examinations

Career Executive Examinations Scheduled for the Employment Development Department

Classification	Final Filing Date	Location	Additional Information
Deputy Director, Information Technology Branch	January 31, 2012	Sacramento	View the bulletin
Chief, Field Audit and Compliance Division, CEA 2	February 10, 2012	Sacramento	View the bulletin