New employees receive the district's employee handbook, information on benefits, and other pertinent information. The Human Resources staff conducts these sessions on an as-needed basis, usually twice a week. If necessary, the sessions are conducted in Spanish. All new employees to the district must attend an orientation session and sign a card indicating that they have received the employee handbook and other information. The district posts announcements of vacancies, advertises for some positions in the newspapers, and maintains an automated telephone job line that is updated weekly.
Callers also receive instructions for obtaining applications.
Therefore it is important for the Human Resources Department to be informed of vacancies or impending vacancies as soon as possible. Some positions take months to fill. The average number of work days that elapsed from the time the Human Resources Department was notified about each MIS opening to hiring was 45 days. The average number of work days between the actual vacancy and hiring was 37 days. Obviously, the MIS department is often informing Human Resources in advance of anticipated vacancies.