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Orange County approves trainee job titles to broaden hiring flexibility

3425428 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

The Legislature approved creating trainee classifications to allow hiring people who meet part, but not all, qualifications for county jobs; the county's commissioner of human resources said traineeships help recruit recent graduates and pay at a lower step until the employee meets full qualifications.

The Orange County Personnel and Compensation Committee voted May 19 to create a set of trainee job titles and assign grades to those titles to give hiring flexibility for positions that currently require both education and experience.

Langdon Chapman, the county's commissioner of human resources, explained that…

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