AGENCY TESTIMONY
Outreach and recruitment programs to create pathways to city jobs
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Porter highlights DCAS's outreach and recruitment efforts, particularly through the Office of Citywide Recruitment (OCR). These initiatives aim to create pathways to city jobs by engaging with various institutions and organizations.
- OCR collaborates with institutions, community-based organizations, elected officials, and faith-based organizations
- In fiscal year 2024, OCR participated in over 186 outreach events
- These events reached over 16,600 participants
- The focus is on sharing employment benefits and promoting pathways into civil service for New Yorkers
Katrina Porter
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While I can't cover all of our initiatives today, I want to highlight a few that are particularly impactful.
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First, our office of city wide recruitment, which among many things, collaborates and engages with institutions, community based organizations, elective officials, and faith based organizations to create pathways to city jobs.
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To give a sense of scale in fiscal year 2024, OCR participated in over 186 outreach events and reached over 16,600 participants, sharing widely the benefit of employment and promoting pathways into civil service for New Yorkers.
