Vacancies in the Civil Service
In November 2009 the Civil Service Commission has made known there were vacancies for the various departments since 2008. Jobs which were approved but haven’t been fulfilled yet. However, the approved positions for 2010 were already announced. "The proposals came from twenty Ministries, including Secretariats of State," said the President of the Civil Service Commission, adding that "there were 450 advertised vacancies for permanent staff. 200 have already been filled, which means that there are 250 vacancies available for permanent civil servants. There are also 500 places for temporary employees. The process for Grade A posts - Senior Technician - is almost finished. The professional technical vacancies are still on going with the written tests, being the interviews for a later stage. Not long ago the examination for administrative technicians took place at the gym, due to the high number of candidates.
This is, moreover and according to Libório Pereira, a situation that persists whenever there is a selection of future employees. "Let me give an example, we needed 114 security guards and three thousand candidates appeared. For this case we added one step in the selection process. We added a physical examination. 140 candidates passed out of the initial three thousand. "
