Postal Exam Newsletter
May 2012
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| Postal exam 230/238/240 continues to be used to fill Motor Vehicle Operator / Tractor Trailer Operator jobs. |
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| Postal exam 473E, used to fill over 90% of all Post Office jobs, was launched in 2009 to replace retired exams 460, 470, 473, and 473C. |
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| Postal exam 710 continues to be used to fill Data Conversion Operator jobs. |
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| Postal exam 916 continues to be used to fill custodial maintenance jobs. This exam and the jobs it fills are restricted to preference eligible military veterans. |
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| Postal exam 943/944 continues to be used to fill Automotive Mechanic & Technician jobs. |
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| Postal exam 955, used to fill technical maintenance jobs, was launched in 2009 to replace retired exams 931, 932, and 933. |
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These exams are no longer used by the Postal Service. They were retired and replaced by new exam 473E. |
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These exams are no longer used by the Postal Service. They were retired and replaced by new exam 955. |
| Postal Job & Exam Guides | Comments |
| This book is fully up-to-date. It has complete info on every possible route to Postal employment, on all entry-level jobs, and on all the exams. Plus, it provides detailed instructions for successfully navigating the Postal Service’s new mind-blowing and glitch-ridden online application system. |
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| These study guides are 100% up-to-date, provide accurate test prep info, and offer most effective test-taking strategies for their respective exams. |
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Paper & pencil test 473/473C was retired and replaced by electronic exam 473E. Since the new test is computerized, it is not possible for printed books like these with paper & pencil sample tests to provide the needed level of test preparation and truly realistic practice exams offered by an electronic study guide. This is why we created our new Complete Postal Exam 473E Interactive eGuide. These printed guides are no longer published, but they can offer limited test prep benefits for exam 473E. If you have one and feel that you must use it, (1) ignore all references to marking answers on an answer sheet, (2) ignore all references to making any type of notes, and (3) to make practicing with the pencil & paper sample exams a little more realistic, mark your answers beside the questions by either circling or writing your answer choice. These printed books certainly cannot offer the test prep value of our new electronic guide, but if you must use one, at least follow the above advice. |
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These Pathfinder study guides are out-of-print. They were pulled off the market because their respective exams were retired and are no longer used by the Postal Service. |