NACo Workforce Network
Counties offer competitive benefits and enriching career experiences, but nevertheless face a workforce shortage to the tune of 100,000 jobs nationwide. The NACo Workforce Network provides a platform to share resources, best practices and learning opportunities around human resources and benefits, working towards the shared goal of attracting and retaining a talented public service workforce.
The Workforce Network engages around three pillars:
- Engagement: onboarding, culture, values, alignment, work-life fulfillment
- Talent Management: talent acquisition and retention, compensation, benefits, career development, performance management, rewards and recognition, health and wealth management
- Workforce Trends: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), demographics, succession planning, goals, job descriptions, policies, survey results
We encourage County Administrators, HR professionals and Benefits Professionals to join the Workforce Network. Membership is free.
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Congressional movement on flawed workforce reauthorization legislation
On November 25, the U.S. House Education and Workforce and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee leadership released their bipartisan, bicameral agreement to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) – A Stronger Workforce for America Act (ASWA). Congressional leadership is now working to gain support for the negotiated bill text during the lame duck session.
Co-locating community: Rural revitalization in Fayette and Greenbrier Counties
This fall, NACo’s BRECC Commitment Coalition convened 20 leaders supporting coal-impacted communities for a three-day peer exchange to explore revitalization efforts across Fayette County and Greenbrier County, W.Va.
Support county workers’ mental health and wellness
To support a safe and successful election season — and by extension, a healthier workforce overall — counties must prioritize the mental health and wellness of their employees, especially those in high-pressure roles like election work.
Participants get ‘second chance’ training in county jobs
Bernalillo County, N.M.'s Foundational Learning Alliance for Maintaining Employment program places people in need of a second chance into job positions in four county departments over the course of a year.
King County school offers students a route to sobriety
The Interagency Recovery Campus, funded in part by King County, Wash. Behavioral Health and Recovery, fosters an environment to support students' paths to sobriety.
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NACo Technology Guide for County Leaders: Workforce
