2022-12-20 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board December 20, 2022 CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, we are still in open session. And, basically, I'm going to yield at this time, Waylen, and then you can give us an informal update on how you folks are doing and then I'll ask the Board members for their question or comments for you. MR. LEOPOLDINO: All right, thank you. CHR. CABANAS: So, you may have the floor. MR. LEOPOLDINO: So, I'll read each of the goals and then give you an update on each. So, Goal number 1 is to identify at least two active—new active recruitment strategies and implement one of the identified strategies to address the recruitment crisis we are experiencing to include development of talent pipelines and expanding and leveraging our community partnerships. So, for Goal number 1, I'm very excited to share the couple new things that we've implemented at HR. The very first one—and I'm sure you've allI hope you all have seen it. We've established a rebranded presence on four different social media platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. And when I say "rebranding" we are focused on our efforts in building our community. So, we've, kind of, added a tagline"Our Big Island, Our Community"—and we've been using that a lot in our communications to the public. And the focus here is to position the County of Hawaii as an employer of choice on the Big Island appealing to a wide -range of demographics with considerations given to likes and interest of each of these demographics. Our goal is to incorporate information, education, community focus—in our communication through all of these social media formats. In many instances and as we were, kind of, learning people not—we want to also appeal to those that are not looking to get paid six figures. So, we're trying to focus on what we do in the community. So, these are—we highlight valued, non -monetary type priorities for these individuals in the current job market. And these priorities can include anything from diversity, equity, inclusion, sense of belonging, community building, community service, recognition and appreciation, and gratitude and development. So, in a lot of our social media communication, we try to incorporate all of that—whether it's promoting what other departments are doing. A lot of times we highlight what the mayor's office is doing out there in the community because that's their primary focus. Page 19