The Unemployment Adventure: Testing

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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Testing

Length of time for aptitude testing a Staff Officer for the Northern Ireland Civil Service: 6 hours.
Length of time for aptitude testing a Crime Scene Investigator for the Police Service of Northern Ireland Support Team: 28 minutes.

The conservative (small c) leaning within me is puzzled: people responsible for evidence collection for prosecution are tested for one twelfth of the length of time of a person responsible for bureaucracy. Staff Officers must make very important decisions. More important than trivial matters such as justice and liberty.

Some interesting figures (than need verification, to be honest): of the 600,000 workers in "tha pravince", 200,000 of them are employed by the government. One third of all working people are involved in the operation of a non-functioning legistature. Is it part of a scheme for full employment?

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