Once a Department Director or Superintendent has completed a Request for Personnel form and said form is received and approved by City Manager. The Human Resource Officer shall post the position announcement on the City of Carrollton City Hall Lobby bulletin board for 14 days. Following the 14 day period the City will post the position announcement on the City of Carrollton Website (www.carrollton-ga.gov). Occasionally, depending on the position, other means of advertising the position will be made.

Once an application is received. The Human Resource Officer reviews and forwards copy to any Department Director/Superintendent with positions available.

Applications are filed in the month that application was received. An application is held in an active status for 3 months. At the end of the 3 months, the application is placed in an inactive file for 9 months. (An applicant may call and renew their application for an additional 3 months.) At the end of the 9 month inactive status – applications will be destroyed - as this will have been one year since application was initially made.

If an applicant elects to complete a data record, this record is kept in a separate file along with other data records for that particular year. The applicant data records are separated from the employment application before it is seen by any person or persons making the hiring decision. This file is maintained in chronological order by year. The purpose of the data record is for statistical purposed only. 

All job applicants at the City of Carrollton will undergo screening for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition for employment. Applicants will be required to voluntarily submit to a urinalysis test at a laboratory chosen by the City, and by signing a consent agreement, will release the City of Carrollton from liability. (Any applicant with positive test results will be denied employment at that time.) The City will not discriminate against applicants for employment because of past abuse of drugs or alcohol. It is the current abuse of drugs or alcohol, which prevents employees from properly performing their jobs that the company will not tolerate.