10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH A PERFORMANCE-BASED PROMOTIONAL SELECTION AND CAREER-DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITHIN STATE GOVERNMENT

This article describes the experiences of the New York State Division of the Budget over the past ten years with the decentralized administration of an organizationally-based system for selecting and developing employees for promotion. This system assesses candidate training and experience against the requirements of the position to which they aspire as well as recent job performance on behaviors relevant to performance in the promotional position. Overall, both managers and candidates have found the system to be more effective than traditional written/oral exam processes in furthering career development within the Divison, selecting employees for promotion, and rewarding current performance.