§ 88103 Promotional List Certification Priority

• •If two tests (one for new people and one for promotions) happen at the same time, the boss can pick someone from the new people list first.
• •They can do this if the new person's score (before any extra points) is higher than the top score on the promotion list (after adding extra points for time worked).
• •This rule helps fill jobs faster if the best new person is better than the best person waiting for a promotion.

A police department is hiring. They give a test to new people and another test to officers who want a promotion. A new person scores 90, and the top officer on the promotion list scores 85 (after adding points for years worked).

The department can hire the new person first because their score (90) is higher than the officer's score (85), even though the officer was already working there.