2021-12-02 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board December 2, 2021 Just to share with you all, we had eight applicants come out for the written exam for a Clerk III position. So, we are in some interesting times and the re—and the information and the research I've been gathering, it's not a local issue, it's a nationwide issue that we're experiencing. So, fortunately, NeoGov, the company we have the software with—has been very helpful in helping us strategize new recruitment methods. So, we're really in a period where we're looking at other opportunities for recruitment and how we recruit. And so, Lee's job is very challenging because it's not only in screening anymore, we have to come up with new ways of recruitment. So, I just wanted to share that as well. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Waylen, Can I open it up for questions, then, starting with Mr. Ventura in Kona. Mel, do you have any questions for Lee? MR. VENTURA: Yeah. Yeah, I do. Hi, Lee, do you find that over time the results you get on these written exams that they relate to job success, like the higher the better someone does on the exam the—down the road, that person ends up being more successful at his or her job? MS. BOTELHO: Mr. Ventura, I'm sorry, but I don't know if we keep those statistics. Once an eligia person is referred to a department and a selection is made, we the Recruitment or the Central HR doesn't track those applicants to see which of those are most successful. The written exam, basically, is to rank them on the list, right. Some people don't take exam don't do well with written exams. But they can, certainly, perform the job if—of—given that opportunity. Once they're referred, everyone who is referred to a department is on a level playing field. The department doesn't know the ranking or the outcome—where they placed from the written exam. So, it is really up to the applicant to sell themselves during that interview and assessment process. So, I don't know that we have statistics. Did you have anything to add, Waylen? MR. LEOPOLDINO: I just wanted to add that we just implemented the written exams in 2020, so one of my things is to establish some metrics with regard to written exams and how that plays out over time. Because that's a very valid question, Mr. Ventura. So, that's definitely on our radar because if it's not effective, we have to look at a more effective way in implementing our written exams. But we just re -implemented the written exams so, at this time, it's difficult to say how it's playing into job performance. MR. VENTURA: Okay. And those that carry the standard weight in an applicant's overall evaluation or is it pretty subjective and considered with all the other things? Page 17