About This Course

Across the nation, agencies are facing declining numbers of applicants and alarming turnover rates. Finding, hiring, and retaining public safety professionals is increasingly challenging for agencies in the 21st century. Today’s employees are looking for the best opportunities and seeking organizations with the right culture. The assumption that traditional methods of hiring and recruiting are still effective leaves many agencies with numerous vacancies, while departments willing to explore more innovative hiring practices are managing to stay fully staffed. This course is designed to provide those responsible for recruiting and hiring personnel with a framework to develop a successful recruiting and hiring program. Find’em, Hire’em, Keep’em also goes further by offering insights into why today’s top talent leaves an agency and strategies to retain them. This course delves into proven concepts from both the public and private sectors, merging them into an ideal process that today’s applicants desire.

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Attendees will walk away with the following:

• Concepts used to recognize and understand today’s hiring difficulties
• Identify why traditional recruiting techniques don’t work
• How to streamline your process for recruiting and hiring (because time matters!)
• Strategies to retain talent

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Appropriate Audience

This course is designed for Command Staff, Recruiters, and HR Managers.

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Course Length

8 hours