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The civil service system is an employment system.
Civil service virtually ended the the spoils system. Civil service workers get their jobs through competitive examinations and keep them even though a new administration comes into power.
One can contact the NYS Department of Civil Service by e-mail, via phone, or in person at the Empire State Plaza. Office hours are from 9am to 4pm on weekdays.
The civil service system is a system of hiring and promoting employees based upon the merit system. The merit system is the opposite of the spoils system.
Under the civil service system, federal workers are hired based on their testable skills for the job, and cannot be fired for belong to the wrong party.