Memorandum
Date: April 4, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Pam Samac, Human Resources Director
Subject: Presentation of Lake County Hiring and Diversity Report for 2022 and Consideration of Drafting a Request for Proposal to Hire a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant to Help Develop Training, Goals, and a Plan to Improve Diversity and Inclusion within Lake County’s Workforce
Executive Summary:
In July 2022, Human Resources (HR) began advertising with Careers in Government using Diversity Boost. Diversity Boost automatically distributes the employer’s job posting to a wide array of leading diversity job sites to ensure the maximum exposure to a diverse pool of top-qualified candidates.
Through Careers in Government, we are currently advertising on the following diversity job boards:
• National Diversity Network
• Latino Job Network
• African American Job Network
• Asian Job Network
• Veteran Job Network
• Women Job Network
• Retirement Job Network
• LGBT Job Network
• Disability Job Network
We have observed the following improvements in diversity numbers during the first 6 months of 2022 using Careers in Government.
Summary of 2022 Hiring
• Increased Hispanic applicant flow by 200 applicants over 2021
• Hired 17 more Hispanic employees over 2021
• Asian or Pacific Islander applicant flow decreased by 12 applicants from 2021
• Asian or Pacific Islander employee hiring remained the same with 10 employees
• Black applicant flow decreased by 44 applicants over 2021
• Hired 2 more black employees over 2021
• Increased American Indian / Alaskan Native applicant flow by 199 applicants over 2021
• Hired 56 more American Indian / Alaskan Native employees over 2021
The following charts detail the percentage of candidates by ethnicity over the last three years. The data is sourced by Neogov, our HR public sector software program used to host recruitment and candidate management system.
Percentage of Candidates by Ethnicity 2020-2022 per NeoGov
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We completed diversity and inclusion training with management 1.5 years ago. Staff recommends further training to provide Department Heads with tools to improve diversity and inclusion.
In order to complete this task, staff recommends drafting a Request for Proposal to hire a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant to help develop training, goals, and a plan to Improve Diversity and Inclusion within the County Workforce.
If not budgeted, fill in the blanks below only:
Estimated Cost: ________ Amount Budgeted: ________ Additional Requested: ________ Future Annual Cost: ________
Purchasing Considerations (check all that apply): ☐ Not applicable
☐ Fully Article X. <https://library.municode.com/ca/lake_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTXPU_S2-38EXCOBI>- and/or Consultant Selection Policy <http://lcnet.co.lake.ca.us/Assets/Intranet/Policy/Policies+$!26+Procedures+Manual/Ch4_2021v2.pdf>-Compliant (describe process undertaken in “Executive Summary”)
☐ Section 2-38 <https://library.municode.com/ca/lake_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTXPU_S2-38EXCOBI> Exemption from Competitive Bidding (rationale in “Executive Summary,” attach documentation, as needed)
☐ For Technology Purchases: Vetted and Supported by the Technology Governance Committee <http://lcnet.co.lake.ca.us/Assets/Intranet/Intranet+Forms/Information+Technology/AdvPlan.pdf> (“Yes,” if checked)
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Consistency with Vision 2028 <http://www.lakecountyca.gov/Government/Directory/Administration/Visioning/Vision2028.htm> (check all that apply): ☐ Not applicable
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Recommended Action: Approve drafting a Request for Proposal to hire a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant to help develop training, goals, and a plan to improve Diversity and Inclusion within Lake County’s workforce.