To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Darlene Colaso, Human Resources Director
Prepared By: Jennifer Brizel, Assistant Human Resources Director
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2016 Equal Employment Opportunity Annual Report, and 2017 Equity and Inclusion Plan
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the 2016 Equal Employment Opportunity Annual Report, and approving the 2017 Equity and Inclusion Plan
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DISCUSSION:
Civil Service Rule 4 Part K states that the Civil Service Commission shall submit an annual Equal Employment Opportunity report to the City Council. This report addresses recruiting activity for calendar year 2016 and presents a utilization analysis of the City workforce as of December 31, 2016.
The Human Resources Department conducted 80 recruitments, for 137 openings, in 2016, as opposed to 69 recruitments for 201 openings in 2015. Sixty-one of these recruitments were for classified positions, up from 50 in 2015. Department staff also coordinated recruitment activities for 19 part-time recruitments (21 in 2015).
In 2016, the Human Resources Department introduced Competency-Based Behavioral Selection methods to department staff, the Executive Team and bargaining group representatives which included job analyses to more accurately identify technical competencies as well as knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors and culture fit through assessment techniques to maximize testing predictors for job success as well as minimize the risk of adverse impact, ensure cost-effectiveness and better meet the hiring department's workforce needs.
In the calendar year 2016, 3,882 employment applications were filed, up from 3,652 in 2015. 58.8% of the applicants were male, as opposed to 55.1% in 2015, 39.4% were female, as opposed to 43.3% in 2015 and 1.8% did not identify their gender, compared to 1.6% in 2015. 48.89% of applicants identified themselves as White, as opposed to from 47.5% in 2015, 20% as Hispanic, as o...
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