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Merit Appeals Board
<br />December 20, 2022
<br />So, we are working with the mayor's office in Kona to try and identify locations. And then, part
<br />of that would be—we want to set up like a pop-up type system where if Waimea has an event,
<br />we can take our pop-up tents, set up a table, and be there with a couple of our departments.
<br />So, we are really trying to focus on community. And I think it's been very successful so far.
<br />We've been getting a lot of questions. Recently, I've seen more people come into our office
<br />saying that they came to our resource fair. So, it's working. And so, we want to build on that.
<br />So, that's, kind of, what we got for Goal Number 1. But those are just the two things we've
<br />already implemented. We have a whole bunch of other things that we're looking at. We just
<br />signed up for the nationwide Handshake Program through the community colleges. It's virtual
<br />it's, sort of, set up like a Facebook. So, all these nationwide community colleges and universities
<br />belong to this Handshake Program. Any time they have an event, a recruiting event, they need a
<br />speaker to come and talk at their facility, they post it on this site and all the—and the other half
<br />of that are the employers. They sign up and they check off all the schools that they want to
<br />receive communications from. And so far, I've checked off pretty much all the schools, just to
<br />throw our net out there.
<br />And we've been getting a lot of invites to virtual fairs, which we can participate in for,
<br />especially, the West Coast schools. So, we're already going to be participating at the University
<br />of Washington Engineering Virtual Fairs. So, it's so those types of thingsso, the Handshake
<br />Program—and, again, we're going to build on that.
<br />We also are going to be partnering with American Job Centers. I think Charlie made that
<br />comment. And we're already—we've been in discussions with them because I feel like it's an
<br />untapped resource for us that we just haven't put enough effort there. So, I feel like that's going
<br />to be another great opportunity. Because, again, they have the captured audience. They have the
<br />applicants. And so, we want to get in there and partner and work some things out with American
<br />Job Centers.
<br />In addition to that, we want to also look at partnering with organizations that work with untapped
<br />workforce. When I used to work at Workforce Development, we did a lot of things with persons
<br />with disabilities, the Going Home Program. So, I, kind of, want to build on that and we want to
<br />focus on kind of reaching out to veterans, persons with disabilities—really switch to high gear
<br />with our high school students looking to work right out of high school. And we also want to,
<br />kind of, target retirees—maybe to get them to come back to the workforce.
<br />So, we're really trying all these out of the box type efforts to see how it can help us out. But, so
<br />far, we've been only getting positive feedback on what we've been doing, so very hopeful as we
<br />move forward.
<br />So, that's the status update for Goal 1, if any of you have any questions.
<br />CHR. CABANAS: Any questions or comments for the director? Mel, do you have any?
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