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Recruitment methods for full-time and seasonal positions in Parks Department
3:16:34
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Council Member Krishnan asks about the methods used by the Parks Department to increase the pool of applicants for full-time and seasonal positions, given the hiring limitations. Commissioner Donoghue outlines their recruitment strategies.
- The department has an active and aggressive recruitment process.
- Many seasonal workers return each year, providing continuity.
- The department participates in job fairs, including those run by DCAS.
- They use advertising and recruitment efforts across the city when possible.
Shekar Krishnan
3:16:34
Urban park rangers are not exempt from that.
3:16:37
Forestry not exempt from that.
3:16:41
And what methods does the agency use to increase the pool of applicants for full time and seasonal positions given these really unacceptable limitations that you all are under from City Hall?
Sue Donoghue
3:16:55
So we have a very active and aggressive recruitment process.
3:17:02
For one, I mean, for seasonal positions, we're fortunate.
3:17:05
We have a lot of people who return every year to the Parks Department when we can.
3:17:10
When we have open positions at the end of a season, we're often filling those positions with seasonal workers in order to maintain that continuity.
3:17:19
But we also participate in job fairs.
3:17:21
DCAS is consistently running job fairs that we participate in.
3:17:26
We do a lot of advertising, recruitment when and where we can across the city.