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Update on DOB's hiring progress for Project ESPO
4:11:16
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Deputy Commissioner Mark Sanabria provides an update on the hiring progress for Project ESPO, detailing the current staffing levels and ongoing recruitment efforts.
- 56 positions funded for the current fiscal year, 4 for the next year
- 25 active members currently in positions, 16 pending candidates
- Recruiting ongoing for the remaining 15 vacancies
- Hiring process timeline varies depending on the position type
- Over 4,000 outreach efforts made this fiscal year
- 100 new candidates onboarded since the beginning of the fiscal year, with 75 more in the pipeline
Mark Sanabria
4:11:16
Good afternoon.
4:11:17
So with regards to the proactive enforcement
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
4:11:20
Could make sure that speak gets on?
4:11:23
Yeah.
Pierina Sanchez
4:11:27
Bring it to you.
4:11:27
Bring bring the mic
Mark Sanabria
4:11:28
to Can you hear me now?
4:11:31
With regards to the ESPO project, we have 56 lines funded for this fiscal year, four for next year.
4:11:38
Of the current lines we have 25 active members in those positions, another 16 pending candidates, which would staff us up to 41 within a short relative time period.
4:11:50
And we're still recruiting for the remaining 15 vacancies.
Pierina Sanchez
4:11:54
How long is it taking from candidate identification?
4:11:57
DOB knows you want to hire a person to when you're able to bring them on board?
Mark Sanabria
4:12:01
Depends on the title.
4:12:03
So our inspector titles are exempt from the hiring for the one for two with OMB.
4:12:09
So when we are hiring for inspectors, and I'll give you a snapshot on the level of effort that it takes for recruiting, but they tend to go faster than the non inspectorial positions.
4:12:22
Those non inspectorial positions can take anywhere from a month to two months depending on the timing with o and b submissions, depending on the background process.
4:12:32
So we scrutinize all our applicants very closely to verify the work experience to bring on board.
4:12:39
With regards to that, the HR team at DOB has been doing a tremendous job.
4:12:46
In this fiscal year alone, we've made over 4,000 outreach efforts to get people in the door.
4:12:53
Excuse me one second.
4:12:56
So we've had over 4,000 phone calls, over three seventy five people interviewed.
4:13:02
We've offered jobs and we've onboarded a hundred new candidates since the beginning of the fiscal year with another 75 people in the pipeline basically preparing, you know, their background application of people that were ready to onboard.
4:13:15
And with regards to new need programs that were funded in this fiscal year, we had 98 positions inclusive of this Espoo proactive project.
4:13:25
And of those 98 positions, we've identified and started 34 of them with another 26 pending candidates bringing that total to 60.
4:13:35
So we're still recruiting for 39 positions, but we're making tremendous efforts in terms of taking those lines and putting people in the seats and trying to fill them as quickly as possible.
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
4:13:45
Chair if I could just add one other, I have to say it publicly but deputy commissioner Sanabria and deputy commissioner Agarte deserve tremendous credit for changing our internal par process.