Public Sector Collaborative
Dedicated to achieving a community where
all public sector jobs are filled with exceptional employees.
Public sector employees “do the jobs that keep the community running and shape the future” The Public Sector Collaborative wants to attract additional public sector partners and collaboratively market available jobs.
Key Area of Focus
A Web site that searches all of the public sector partner sites which includes recruiting and pathways for a number of different target audiences in order to solve a variety of workforce issues:
- Experienced professionals from out of the area and locally
- Recent college grads from out of the area and locally
- Entry-level workers with multiple language skills
- Entry-level workers from high school and college
- Retirees and military retirees for part-time work and specialization needs
- Existing employees for job and professional growth and increased referrals
- Existing employees for increased job satisfaction and community contribution
Background
Under the RJI umbrella, Fresno Unified School District reached out to City of Fresno, Fresno County Office of Education, and Fresno County to see if they would be interested in partnering to address the needs of students who do not perform well in school and live in poverty. The City of Fresno has some of the highest poverty rates in the nation, and the public sector has jobs available for these families. Further, there was collective interest in recruitment and retention of personnel at many levels, particularly with chronically hard-to-fill job categories.
At one point in 2007, there were 800 hard-to-fill open positions among four of Fresno’s largest public sector organizations: Fresno Unified School District, Fresno County Office of Education, City of Fresno, and County of Fresno. During any given year, these four public sector organizations often need to fill as many as 2,300 jobs. Numbers increase when expanding to other area public sector organizations.
The Public Sector Collaborative works together to make public sector jobs easier to find, enhance the perception of our area to attract public sector workers from other areas, and communicate the positive aspects of working in the public sector to attract workers from the private sector. Additional opportunities include collaborative training, shared information systems and resources, and shared best practices.
Our current partners
- City of Fresno
- Clovis Unified School District
- Fresno County Office of Education
- Fresno State
- Fresno Unified School District
- State Center Community College District
Chair
Kim Mecum
Fresno Unified School District
559.457.3593
kim.mecum@fresnounified.org
Manager
TJ Miller
City of Fresno
559.621.6967
tj.miller@fresno.gov
Web Site
www.cvpublicsectorjobs.org
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