Fresh Air

Jam of the Month: Workforce Development

Each month, ELGL features a "deep dive" into a local government topic with the help of our partners. These opportunities build out our content, webinar, podcast, and graphic libraries to provide our members with helpful and meaningful information that will improve their local governments. In August 2018, we explored "Workforce Development - Recruiting & Retaining Talent" with the help of our friends with SGR and SGRecruiter.

Workforce Development Content

SGRecruiter

Webinar: SGRecruiter

Posted on September 6, 2018

Ron Holifield

Podcast: Changing Recruitment in Local Government with Ron Holifield

Posted on August 28, 2018

Ron Holifield CEO Strategic Government Resources (SGR) LinkedIn | Twitter Playing matchmaker and reducing implicit bias. The CEO of Strategic Government Resources (SGR), Ron Holifield, joined GovLove to talk about how they are pushing local governments to change how they recruit. He shared his career path from time as a City Manager to leading a recruiting firm....
Little Elm recruitment

Innovative Hiring in the City of Little Elm, Texas

Posted on August 27, 2018

This guest blog is by ELGL member Matt Mueller, the city manager of Little Elm, Texas. I will be celebrating my six-year anniversary with the Town of Little Elm next month and it has been a fun ride. At times, it feels like playing Sim City for a living. Little Elm has the benefit of...
SGR Baby Boomer

When the Job Market Goes Boom(er)

Posted on August 20, 2018

Findings from the ELGL Diversity Dashboard confirm what people have been talking about for (seemingly) ages: local government leadership is getting older. The most recent data upload shows that 65 percent of chief administrative officers (CAOs) and assistant CAOs (ACAOs) are age 50 and better. And 34 percent of CAOs and ACAOs are age 60...
Jam - Passive Job Hunting

Hidden Gems… Passive Job Candidates

Posted on August 14, 2018

Job hunting in local government can suck. Someone once counseled me that for every job I secured, I would need to complete upwards of 10 to 15 applications (and that might be conservative!). The processes are too long, there is too much mystery in the selection process or those panel interviews are set up to...
Implicit Bias

Implicit Bias: “But I’m Not Racist!”

Posted on August 9, 2018

This guest post by Katie Babits is part of the Jam of the Month: Workforce Development – Recruiting & Retaining Talent, hosted by SGRecruiter. When I begin to discuss implicit bias the most common statement that is, “But I’m not racist!” Calm down, nobody said you were, calm down. It’s hard for people to talk about diversity,...
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