Cities get a helping hand to attract more workers to the public sector – Talent Accelerator workshop

State and local governments have made strides in recent years to plug vacant or hard to fill job positions, but persistent staffing shortages still threaten the quality of government service delivery.

Indeed, research shows that fewer state and local workers consider certain government jobs, including IT positions, as hard to fill today as they were in 2022. Public sector workers also reported that hiring reforms, like implementing applicant tracking systems, have helped improve the process and, ultimately, fill empty roles successfully.

To further strengthen the public sector’s hiring efforts, the nonprofit Work for America is launching its Talent Accelerator workshop for municipal human resources and operations staff to learn about and implement hiring process improvements.

By Kaitlyn Levinson,
Reporter, Route Fifty