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Department's Comments <br />Harry Kirn;�Y•0F kSharon Toriano <br />8v.•' � ''•gtlr <br />MuW► �,,. _ ' ' •.�., Direator of Wum= Resourers <br />.119- <br />�� ■ dr <br />■ <br />Wiffiarn V. Bri.fhantc , jr. <br />�ok o*:•�`� Depi Diratoro 'Nu man suurces <br />ter �. M �� . � � � � <br />of Nov <br />County of Hawaii <br />Department of Human Resources <br />Aupurd Center . tfit Patutiti Street, Suite 2 . Hib, Ha►vai'i 96720 • (808) 96.L-83bl . FaX (808) 961-8617 <br />website: iii/Aawaiico_ttnt),.gov/httrnan-reiotirccs e-innif. 'abq_itaI%'aiicrnirtt�, <br />August 31, 2017 <br />TO: Bonnie Nims, Legislative Auditor <br />FROM: Sharon Toriano j _�- <br />Director of Human Resources <br />SU BJ ECT: Response to the County of Hawai' i's, <br />Department of Human Resources, Hiring Practices - Report No. 2017-03 <br />The Department of Human Resources (DHR) is committed to the impartial selection of <br />individuals for public service by means of competitive tests which are fair, objective <br />and practical and builds the strongest possible team to serve the people of Hawaii <br />County. <br />DHR will be taking a much more active role going forward to monitor departments and <br />ensure that the applicable policies and procedures are followed in all hiring activities. <br />With regard to the Legislative Auditor recommendations, thus for we have done the <br />following: <br />• Staffing Review Committee - Eliminated in December 2016. <br />• Continuous recruitment was closed in December 2016 for classes of work that are <br />not difficult to fill. With time, and as candidates expire from the list at the end of <br />their respective 12 month period of eligibility, the number of applicants that <br />departments will have to manage, will be reduced. <br />• Training - Effective July 2017, DHR interview training is mandatory for department <br />Human Resources personnel and individuals serving on an interview panel. Skill set <br />training is mandatory for department heads, deputies, managers, supervisors and <br />department Human Resources personnel. <br />• Monitoring and Oversight - Effective May 2017, DHR mandated that the hiring <br />departments track qualified applicants on the referred list through the hiring process <br />in the NeoGov system. <br />Hawaii County is an Equaf Oppoitunity Provider amf Eu tp(L) c i . <br />Department's Comments 20 1 P a g e <br />