2025-08-26 Merit Appeal Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board August 26, 2025 want to (inaudible) little bit more, like—you guys giving so much valuable tools that maybe the outside sector don’t know or they’re not taking advantage, ‘cause that is a powerful tool, what you guys offering. CHR. CABANAS: And HR also has the Professional Trainee classes. MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah. CHR. CABANAS: So, like, Junko is a Professional Trainee. She’s getting trained now, more in training—the training area—being professional development area. They have Professional Trainees in Accounting and other disciplines. MR. AGUINALDO: Wow. CHR. CABANAS: So, there’s a lot the County has to offer. So, continue the collaboration with UH-Hilo and HCC. MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah. MS. TOKIHIRO: And we have identified 22 classes of work that we have career paths for Professional Trainee into the higher levels. We have Professional Trainee I, Professional level— I mean, Professional Trainee II—and then it gets into some of those Professional level positions. And so, we’re creating those pathways and looking to enhance our, kind of, advertisement of those pathways so that people know that those options exist. MR. AGUINALDO: Wow. Ho, big—mean, big change from how many years ago—my daughter’s 21—maybe eight—no, not even—like, maybe 19 years. Wow, big difference. MS. TOKIHIRO: Well, as you mentioned, we have to think outside the box— MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah. MS. TOKIHIRO: —so we’re trying to do that in a variety of different ways— MR. AGUINALDO: Right. MS. TOKIHIRO: —to address our vacancies but also to meet people where they’re at— MR. AGUINALDO: Mm-hmm. MS. TOKIHIRO: —and times have changed—not everybody is interested in going to long-term schooling and—but then, there is a lot of skills and abilities that we’re able to teach here within— MR. AGUINALDO: Mm-hmm. Page 19