City of Janesville evaluates recruitment costs
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WCLO's Beth Wheelock reports on how the city could change its recruitment policies to adapt to the difficult economy.
The City of Janesville could adapt its employee recruitment strategies to fit the difficult economy.
City Manager Eric Levitt says the Public Works Director, Police Chief and City Manager are the most recent department head positions hired. The cost of recruiting candidates for those positions ranged from $17,000 to $23,000. The City Manager's total recruitment cost about $36,000. The Public Works Director, Police Chief and Leisure Services Director positions will each soon be vacant. Levitt says he's had conversations with the city's Human Resources Director about the cost of recruitment. The city will try to fill the positions internally, or at least split the recruitment so one position is filled by a current city employee while a recruitment firm is used for another.
Levitt says he's going to leave the Leisure Services Director position vacant, at least temporarily. Leisure Services Director Mike Williams retires January 9.
The Janesville School District is in a similar position, with both the Superintendent and Director of Business Services retiring in June. School district officials say they may consider restructuring the administration.
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