QUESTION
What is the current vacancy rate in the Department of Citywide Administrative Services' (DCAS) human capital division, and would hiring more staff quicken the pace at which city agencies can hire workers?
1:08:28
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) has a 14% vacancy rate in its human capital division, and hiring more staff could expedite city agency hiring processes by centralizing certain functions.
- The current vacancy rate in DCAS' human capital division is 14%.
- Enhanced staffing in the human capital division could help centralize functions that slow down agency hiring processes.
- The civil service and agency hiring processes do not always align, which can delay hires.
- Adding more staff could potentially improve the efficiency of the hiring process across city agencies by managing administrative tasks more effectively.
Lincoln Restler
1:08:28
I really appreciate a customer member Schulman's questioning around the Decast headcount and workforce.
1:08:33
There was just one follow-up question I wanted to ask, and this was related to commissionary or comment on the hiring calls.
1:08:40
Do you have a current vacancy rate in the human capital division?
1:08:43
And would enhanced staffing in that division lead to more workers getting hired at city agencies more quickly?
Dawn M. Pinnock
1:08:50
So I will bring up my deputy commissioner for human capital on the vacancy rate specifically for human capital.
1:08:55
For our agency.
1:08:56
Our vacancy rate is 14%.
1:08:59
Just and I'm happy that you're raising workforce again because I do wanna assure the counsel that despite our head count.
1:09:06
We are absolutely not just leaving agencies out there in terms of civil service administration and their ability to hire now that the hiring freeze has been lifted.
1:09:15
The technical support that we have provided them has been helping in terms of recruitment, in terms of having diverse recruitment plans, you looking at utilization data to hire a diverse caliber of talent across job categories.
1:09:31
If we were to have more staff, and I know I'm gonna get you, Katrina, if we were to have more staff, where I think it could be helpful is when we want to centralize certain functions that sometimes agencies get bogged down in because the civil service process and the hiring process don't necessarily correlate.
1:09:46
Like, if one is fast, it doesn't mean the other one is faster.
1:09:49
Hiring at the agency level is dependent upon your budget.
1:09:52
It depends upon how quickly you can get a par approved.
1:09:55
And how quickly you can post and get the position filled.
1:09:57
Civil service is ongoing.
1:09:59
We're always turning out exams.
1:10:01
However, there are certain processes administrative processes that can bog down an agency in its hiring process.
1:10:07
So if there was a determination to centralize some of those, I think that that would actually help all of the agencies, but that would require some additional human capital.
Lincoln Restler
1:10:16
We would love to work with you on a proposal along those lines.
1:10:19
As the former deputy commissioner for human capital, if I recall correctly,
Dawn M. Pinnock
1:10:22
Yes.
Lincoln Restler
1:10:22
You know this work as well as anybody.
1:10:24
And so we would love to to advance that together.