Hello everyone, I have some questions about the recent hires https://www.menlopark.org/civicalerts.aspx?AID=426 > by the city for the Deputy City Manager, Library Services Director, and HR Manager. The lack of transparency in hiring practices has been raised previously by residents. As a concerned resident of Menlo Park, I look forward to information that highlights some visibility and transparency: 1. Where were these positions advertised? Online job boards tailored to civic/ govt. positions, city website, Indeed, LinkedIn, CalOpps, other? 2. What was the hiring process? I couldn't find this info anywhere on the website 3. Was the hiring decision made by a committee or a single individual? 4. When did hiring "interim" individuals become a standard operating procedure for our city? City Manager, Library Director are just a couple of examples recently. Is "interim" a way to get around ethical hiring? 5. What efforts were made to ensure diversity in the hiring process? Please refer to the law https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html >. Here are three key points I'd also like to make: - We look bad as a city. Is this how we want to serve the citizens of Menlo Park? How did we preserve the best interests of the residents of the city? - Nepotism is not illegal but is that how we want to do business as a city? - The county of San Mateo states this https://hr.smcgov.org/recruitment-selection >on their website: "*Recruitment and Selection provides innovative, responsive, fair and consistent recruitment, and selection services to County departments, employees and job applicants to ensure the County employs a qualified and diverse workforce that delivers essential services to the public." *Why doesn't Menlo Park follow these county guidelines? *As a concerned Menlo Park citizen, I want to ensure that the city has an innovative, responsive, fair and consistent approach to hiring. Recently, it has shown quite the opposite. * Sincerely, Pushpinder -------------------------------------- Pushpinder P. Lubana, PhD LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/pushpinderlubana > Cell 650-644-8554 Received on Wed Apr 24 2019 - 06:44:41 PDT
