AGENCY TESTIMONY
Recruitment efforts and hiring process challenges
0:19:26
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The testimony addresses the city's recruitment efforts and challenges in the hiring process. Contrary to common belief, Garrido argues that the city does not have a recruitment problem, but rather issues with retention and bureaucratic obstacles.
- The city has held 13 hiring halls in partnership with DCAS, attracting between 1,500 to 2,000 applicants.
- Many qualified applicants were interviewed and given job offers.
- The testimony suggests that the main issues lie not in attracting candidates, but in retaining them and navigating bureaucratic hurdles in the hiring process.
Henry Garrido
0:19:26
And I will say, also, I I applaud the council for fighting hard for restorations in culturals and libraries as critical services.
0:19:36
I would add one more, which is to say we do not have a recruitment problem.
0:19:43
We have 13 hiring holes between the administration and in partnership with DCAS, and we had anywhere between 1502 1,000 people come in and apply for jobs.
0:19:54
Council member LaRosa, in your district, I remember we did this together.
0:19:58
And the vast majority of the people who apply, who are qualified were interview and given an offer.
