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Yakima County HR outlines hiring, training and policy work for 2025

2216250 · February 3, 2025
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Human Resources Director Judy Kendall reviewed 2024 hiring, training, demographic and policy work at the Feb. 3 commissioners meeting and outlined 2025 priorities including a Workday functional‑review rollout, recruitment expansions, a compensation survey and several policy updates.

Human Resources Director Judy Kendall briefed the Yakima County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 with a wide‑ranging review of 2024 activity and goals for 2025, describing recruitment efforts, training milestones, benefits work and an upcoming compensation study.

Kendall said HR posted 337 job openings in 2024, processed 2,397 candidates and hired 151 people. The county’s workforce demographics showed 63 percent of employees identified as white and 29 percent as Hispanic…

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