Internal Recruiting Initiative - Find Work, Get Work Network

About the Program

Category: Personnel Management, Employment and Training (Best in Category)

Year: 2009

Maricopa County recognizes the important role employees have in the success of its operation. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors adopted a strategic priority to maintain a quality workforce and to equip employees with the tools, skills, workspace, and resources they need to do their jobs. Through this strategic priority, the County strives to become a “best place to work”, increase retention, and ensure employee satisfaction with human resource issues such as morale, compensation, training and decision processes. Workforce Management and Development initiated a program to address this priority to make employees aware of jobs available across the large span of County departments. The “Find Work, Get Work Network” internal recruiting campaign features a weekly broadcast e-mail of all new job postings to all County employees. To support this initiative, the County created a website and weekly email mechanism, designed posters with a logo, and instituted a procedure that all job postings would be opened to internal applicants for a week prior to being made available to outside candidates. The Find Work, Get Work Network increases awareness on internal job opportunities and encourages current employees to seek internal promotional opportunities and develop their career advancement opportunities within Maricopa County.