Upcoming Civil Service Career Fair

Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes

Buffalo, NY – From 10am-1pm on Wednesday, February 18th at the University at Buffalo’s Educational Opportunity Center, located at 555 Ellicott Street, the office of Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, the New York State Department of Civil Service, New York State Department of Labor, and the University at Buffalo’s Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting a Civil Service Career Fair.

An aging workforce and a dip in employment during the COVID years has created around 10,000 job openings in the New York State Civil Service Department. Over 20 state departments will be onsite to review resumes and engage with candidates. New York State agencies are hiring for thousands of critical positions open across the state. To help agencies fill these positions, the Department of Civil Service has developed the NY Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program. This program streamlines the appointment process to allow State agencies to hire diverse, qualified permanent employees quickly and without civil service examinations.

Immediately following the career fair, a workshop on understanding the civil service process will take place.