The
Human Resource department at the General Office in Santa
Fe, New Mexico has recently
implemented a new program called Rapid Hire. This program
was designed to advertise 16 of NMDOT’s historically “hard
to fill” positions and to place new employees in those
positions at a faster rate then before.
The idea of the Rapid Hire Program came from other states
who have implemented the program and shared their success
stories at the Human Resources AASHTO training conference.
The program was implemented in May of 2005 by the HR department
once they returned from the conference.
By consolidating the State Personnel Office and NMDOT hiring
processes, District HR office and the GO HR department now
have the ability to effectively and efficiently fill vacancies
with qualified applicants that are best suited for the job
in a timelier manner. The NMDOT can recruit directly to people
using the internal Rapid Hire Program. Their application
is received by the NMDOT HR department right away and interviews
can be set up for the next week, versus six to eight weeks
before the program was put into action.
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