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1397 5'andhurst Drive West Roseville, MN 55113 5 March 1993 Ci ty Counci l , Ci t y of Rosevi 11 e 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 5511 Gear City Council Members: I would like to apply to be a member of the Human Rights Commission. I have lived in Roseville for the past three years and in the neighboring communities of Falcon Heights and Lauderdale for an additional' tern gears. I am presently working as a Research Scientist at Personnel Decisions Research I nsti t utea , Inc, a firm committed to developing Human Resource systems and products which are reliable, valid, fair, legally defensi.bla and sensitive to a multicultural workforce. 1 am well aware of labor law as it applies to employee selection and have been proactive in developing techniques to. ensure f a r- and equitable employment practices. Recently, my col legues and I were contracted by the Minneapolis Fire Department' {MFD) to develop an €oral, inter- view for use in hiring entry level Firefighters. The MFD selection process was subject to a court - imposed Affirmative Action Flan, a result of 1 79 Carter art Gal 1 agher , Igo. 4 71) ci v 39.. I am enclosing a section of the report w h i c discusses our innovative strategy which helped ensure a "content -val i d and fair" i ntervi. a *w. The MFD is currently using our developed Interview and train- ing materials. Having lived and taught in the Philippines for almost seven gears, I am quite sensitive to cross - cultural issues as they relate to empl Dyment and community life. Likewise, my current volunteer work at Corpus Christi involves coordi- nating our church's Faini 1 y and Cul tural Ex change (FACE I Program with our sister parish in New Mexico.. I believe, the role of the committee should cunt inue to be a pr Qact i v one, encouraging public education, fostering a positive human resource climate, and working closely with community groups, state agencies, and m u I t i eul t u r a groups to ensure issues related to the diverse warkf orce are addressed and huim an rights violations are avoided. The medi at i onal process is tr i ti c al as well and I am quite interested in this role with regard: to my tiwn participa- tion with the Committee's work. J.