City of Janesville evaluates recruitment costs
From the WCLO newsroom:
The City of Janesville could adapt its employee recruitment strategies to fit the difficult economy.
City Manager Eric Levitt says the public works director, police chief and city manager are the most recent department head positions hired. The cost of recruiting candidates for those positions ranged from $17,000 to $23,000. The city manager's total recruitment cost about $36,000.
The public works director, police chief and leisure services director positions will each soon be vacant. Levitt says he's had conversations with the city's human resources director about the cost of recruitment. The city will try to fill the positions internally, or at least split the recruitment so one position is filled by a current city employee while a recruitment firm is used for another.
Levitt says he's going to leave the leisure services director position vacant, at least temporarily. Leisure Services Director Mike Williams retires January 9.
The Janesville School District is in a similar position, with both the superintendent and director of business services retiring in June. School district officials say they may consider restructuring the administration.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 5:30 a.m.
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justsayno . . . if this community hires a police chief off Craigslist . . . God help us all.
Craigslist? Please tell me you're joking.
Dec 29, 2008 at 9:09 p.m.
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I guess this is in response to the entire city board taking a fact finding trip to Sedona Arizona. The excuse given was to find out about the new city manager person. But really was a vacation for the ENTIRE board at tax-payers expense to northern Arizona. I think a few phone calls would have been less costly and just as fact-finding.
Dec 29, 2008 at 2:23 p.m.
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Locals are great as long as they don't believe this is the center of the universe. Someone with an open mind, fresh ideas, exposure to successful practices and a willing spirit is often found in both locals and outsiders. The right people place a stake in what they do wherever they are - not just because it's their home town. If that person is already there, chances are they are moving up the ranks already. I would actually prefer my tax dollars work hard to find the right person rather than just hiring the next qualified local to save a few dollars - that route will ALWAYS cost more.
Dec 29, 2008 at 11:44 a.m.
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Why not hire someone local? You'd think they would care more about this city and it's people if they lived here and actually had a stake in it. What a waste of time and money! Your tax dollars at work!!!
Dec 29, 2008 at 10:26 a.m.
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I'm fine with hiring someone locally, but I don't understand why a few ads can't be placed in a trade magazine at a fraction of the cost. We can actually hire nationally without paying a firm to do it.
Dec 29, 2008 at 7:58 a.m.
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Although I am a supporter of hiring "within" In some cases it is wise to use the services of an un biased consultant. Hopefully the people vacating their positions have already noticed or have been mentoring fellow workers that would be good candidates for a promotion and or their replacement.
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