2022-03-10 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board March 10, 2022 CHR. CABANAS: Okay. If there's no other comments or questions. Yes, I was going to ask you about that because a number of things. About three Sundays ago, there was a ad in the Tribune-HeraldI don't know about West Hawaii Today but I'm sure it was there. I think I counted about 42 open -continuous recruitments. Now, I haven't seen that until that one particular day. And then, it didn't run again, the subsequent Sunday or even this more recent Sunday. But, I have to say, I was pretty shocked because I don't think we've ever had 42 open -continuous recruitments. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yeah. CHR. CABANAS: Some of them have been, historically, difficult to fill—like, the civil engineer positions, you had a couple other engineers—but what struck my eye was account clerk and the Pana`ewa Complex Recreation Administrator—`cause that's an EM position. And there were a couple others that, kind of, caught my eye that, historically, have not been difficult to fill. The thing with all of that is I go back to Charlie's thing because actually, yes, for having that many continuous recruitments, then you need a social media blitz. Not only LinkedIn but Facebook. We have a Facebook Jobs account that was created many years ago. You can do it on Instagram. I noticed Public Works—because I'm Facebook friends with the Public Works person, she put out a social media posting about the Public Works Job. And I was thinking, "Okay, great that she did that"—but then, why aren't we doing that across- the-board because your manager, the Recruitment manager, has the capability to do that even now. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Right. CHR. CABANAS: And the blink of a second or two to post it out and get it out. And she can do a boost—you might have to pay a little bit—but to get that our via social media. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Mm-hmm CHR. CABANAS: We have done television ads on KGMB where it's just banners and then you can choose what times you want it done to catch peoples' eyes and attention. But there's a whole bunch of things that you can do. So, I was just surprised that there was a contract because, typically, that's work performed by a civil servant—typically. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Right. CHR. CABANAS: For you to have that contract, I'm assuming you went through the appropriate channels to get that approved. But that's, typically, done by the manager - Page 29