Legal & Finance Commitee Recommendation

The Legal & Finance Committee unanimously recommended that the following options be explored with Human Resources staff and that additional information be presented in sixty days:

1. Increase salary range or advertise for starting at other than Steps A – D;

2. Use bonuses (payable after a certain period of time) to attract candidates;

3. Hire professional advertising/human resource firms to advertise positions;

4. Hire a head hunter to recruit senior level positions (Division manager level positions and above);

5. Create employee referral program where existing employees get bonus for identifying new hires that stay a period of time.

6. Use career fairs to increase exposure to market;
7. Review current relocation package provisions;
8. Review on-line posting sites to determine if additional sites should be used;
9. Review frequency of performance reviews and evaluations;
10. Review methods used to conduct employee exit interviews; and,
11. Explore quality of life issues and non-monitory benefits for retaining existing employees.