subject: How To Get A Government Job In Nashville [print this page] According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Public Schools has been ranked as the third top employer, providing work to approximately 19,692 individuals.
If an aspirant is interested in applying for a job within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, then she/he would need to be a legal resident of the United States of America; however there are exceptions in the case of public safety positions. Interested persons will be required to fill out an application at the Nashville government website.
Applicants will need to ensure that they have completed and submitted their application by midnight of the date that the job announcement is said to close. The Department of Human resources will then review the application to see whether or not the applicant has met the requirements of the job. If an applicant is deemed either qualified or unfit, an email will be sent to them informing them of the result, and where to report to if they need to take any tests pertinent to the job.
An applicant that meets the criteria for a job announcement will be placed on a list referred to as the eligible list, which will remain effective for at least 6 months. This becomes necessary in cases where a position is filled by an incapable applicant. Instead of re posting the job, the employer can select applicants from this list.
Applicants from the eligible list will be selected for an interview by the Human Resources Department with the job vacancy. Based on the related requirement of the job, other selection processes may be conducted if needed. After the Human Resource Department has decided who to select, all applicants who were interviewed will be informed of whether or not they were successful.
Government bodies across the board will require a successful applicant to pass a background check. A background check may include the investigation into criminal, commercial and/or financial records. This indicates that a person who has been in trouble with the law or has a bad credit score will have difficulty obtaining a government job based in Nashville.
Once a background check has been passed, the selected applicant will be considered an employee. As soon as the employee commences the job, they will be on probation for a period of six (6) months, in cases of unforeseen circumstances, the probation period maybe extended. During the initial 6 months of probation, the employee will not have any entitlements whatsoever under collective bargaining agreements.
