The corrections personnel recruit recruitment, officer hiring and staff retention seminar workshop was developed as a result of a California and national research project on public safety officer recruiting, hiring screening, and turnover issues. The recruiting, securing and keeping of qualified staff, field, institutional and support, is considered a crisis situation in some jurisdictions. An expanding criminal justice system, career retirement cycles and a highly competitive economy impact corrections in unusual ways. 123 corrections, law enforcement public safety agencies were stuidied for specific references of the dynamics a stable, professional workforce. This program will assist recruiting personnel and training decision makers in developing plans, strategies and presentations to maintain a quality and reliable public safety workforce.

Participants recieve detailed tracking forms, marketing strategy logs and "how to" references for developing a custom recuitment, hiring and retention program for their agency's needs. A list of documents participants receive is in the next section.

• identify "Who is your target DPO recruit base?" and how to reach them
  

• compare those state & national trends to recruiting potential applicants and candidates now and in the foreseeable future

• discuss the pros and cons of media maketing and internet police recruiting strategies
  

• identify the actual jurisdictional and agency dollar and resource costs of recruiting, recruitment and hiring to finally achieve a single "first day employee" as an argument for different recruitment, hiring and retention strategies with their department and budget authorities

• review and discuss the major "ROADBLOCKS" for recruit applicants and candidates in the 7+ steps of the law enforcement recruitment and hiring process that send them elsewhere

• special issues of gender, ethnic and language skills in corrections services

• using national and state references, identify what are the major causes of police employees, uniformed and support, leaving their agency or jurisdiction and how to retain them

• scrutinize the organizational health of their agency's policies and practices that may fuel employee dissatisfaction and separation

• link and apply organizational health from hiring to promotions and assignment

• prepare a worksheet of specific targets for improving recruitment, hiring and retention of all departmental employees

Outline a strategy for political and budgetary support to fulfill these goals and targets

• Workbook with dozens of easy to use references for improving public safety recruitment, hiring and retention. The presentation uses customized video and powerpoint technology.

• Viewing of the best and latest recuiting and retention videos in the personnel industry.

• Forms package with useful forms and formats for tracking important RHR information specific to your department.

• A sample recruit orientation program to reduce drop outs and "lost" candidates

• Summary of No to Low Cost Rewards for public safety staff.

Advanced Tuition is only $199.00 for a dynamic 2 day program that will save your agency time and money. Pay at the door or be billed tuition is $250.00