Innovation in Recruiting and Hiring: Attracting the Best and Brightest to Wisconsin State Government

摘要: The Department of Employment Relations (DER) is Wisconsin state government's central personnel/human resource management agency. DER's mission to ensure that government staffed by a skilled, dedicated, and diverse work force. Within DER, the Division Merit Recruitment Selection (DMRS) administers Wisconsin's civil service hiring system recruiting, testing, evaluating applicants; creating lists (employment registers) qualified referring best-qualified candidates agencies for interviews. DMRS' to: * Provide citizens with merit-based, open accessible competition jobs; job who represent diversity state's labor DMRS serves over 40 agencies, 26 University campuses, 38,000 employees, tens thousands applicants. Each year, 1,000 exams other applicant evaluations, assesses 70,000 applicants, creates employment registers, enables hire or promote up 4,000 employees. During last four years, has implemented series innovative programs create more responsive efficient system. These enable public recruit committed, force needs provide high-quality services citizens. innovations have received national recognition: International Personnel Management Association (IPMA) selected as 1994 recipient Agency Award Excellence (for large agencies). Hiring at DER were key factor in award selection. finalist Ford Foundation/Harvard 1995 Innovations American Government Program. Only 30 finalists from 1450 nominations nationwide, nomination was only personnel program finalist. initiatives Exemplary State Local (EXSL) Rutgers University's National Center Public Productivity. DMRS's among 25 winners nationwide. ever receive an EXSL Award. also Executives Eugene H. Rooney "innovative human programs." U.S. Systems Protection Board (MSPB) will feature upcoming report President Congress. After surveying states identify innovations, MSPB one five particularly may be transferrable federal government. Need Reform In this era "reinventing government," sector organizations must responsive, effective, their To do this, able attract skilled dedicated servants. 1993, Commission on Service concluded "end paralysis" systems. Similarly, Performance Review concluded, "To effective . government, we reform virtually entire system." Even reorganization downsizing, best brightest critical. fact, when limited, it's important than does recruit, it attracts hires talented people. Wisconsin, driven reality traditional processes not working effectively. …