AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights

SERIES: 857
TITLE: Employment applications
DATES: 1925-1940.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: Records contain applications and resumes for employment, recruiter evaluations, testing and examination materials, scores, transcripts, certifications, licenses, hiring lists, correspondence, notes, reports, etc. relating to interviews with prospective employees. Files also include offers that are declined (offers accepted are maintained in the employee personnel file) and related documents.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Employment applications typically have a short-term retention (State General Schedule, Recruitment Files 11-43). Presumably, a decision was made to retain these files from the Great Depression and World War II Era as a sample of those difficult economic times.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private