Бесплатный инструмент от Work for America поможет муниципалитетам устранить узкие места в найме сотрудников

Now, the nonprofit group Work for America is taking lessons like this from St. Louis — as well as similar cases from other cities — and using them to help other local governments find and fix their own hiring bottlenecks, the group said in a news release. Work for America's new guide, Built to Hire: A Process Mapping Toolkit for Government Hiring Teams, grew out of its inaugural Talent Accelerator, an eight-week program that included 12 cities, specifically their human resources and operations teams. During the spring Talent Accelerator, called Transforming City Hiring Processes, participating cities were asked to map their hiring processes from beginning to end, find gaps and delays, and develop plans to address specific problems. The cities found issues including slow, paper-based processes and inconsistent candidate review timelines. Many are working on new approaches. Specifically, Green Bay, Wis., is working on standardized candidate communications, predetermined interview schedules and automated review reminders in its Department of Public Works. Pompano Beach, Fla., is digitizing parts of the Parks and Recreation Department hiring workflow and setting up review timelines for managers. That city’s goal is to shorten the hiring process by a week. Lessons like these are the basis of the guide, Work for America said. The group's new document guides HR and operations teams through creating process maps, analyzing where problems happen and designing improvements. It also includes facilitation guides and templates for process mapping, meeting agendas and communications. “Most governments can’t actually see their own hiring process from end to end,” said Shifra Goldenberg, chief program officer at Work for America, in a statement. “Built to Hire gives HR teams a way to make that process visible, find the one change that will make the biggest difference, and act on it, without waiting for a system-wide overhaul.” The organization's fall 2026 Talent Accelerator application window is open. The program runs from October to December and is called Data-Driven Hiring for Cities. There is a virtual information session on Aug. 26. Work for America launched in November 2024 with the goal of helping 4,000 political appointees as well as thousands of campaign staffers pivot to roles in public service. Since then, the nonprofit says it has impacted more than 12,000 job seekers and more than 270 cities in 49 states.