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Human resources outlines recruitment push: job fairs, Grow‑Your‑Own, Handshake outreach
Summary
District 196's human resources director described recruitment and retention efforts on March 10, including job fairs, targeted paraprofessional outreach, Grow Your Own and Work‑and‑Learn pathways, and new Handshake campaigns to increase applicant pools.
Shelly Munson, District 196 director of human resources, briefed the board on March 10 about recruitment, hiring and retention strategies as the district prepares staffing for the 2025–26 school year.
Munson said District 196 employs roughly 4,300 staff overall, including about 2,300 teachers and about 705 paraprofessionals. She described recent outreach experiments the district has used to recruit support staff: an in‑person August job fair (about 126 attendees), a paraprofessional job fair in the fall, printed and digital…
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