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City reports 12.15% vacancy rate, average time-to-hire 83 days in FY24-25 update
Summary
Human Resources presented Lafayette's annual vacancy report on June 23: the city has 49.35 authorized FTE, six current open positions, a 12.15% vacancy rate, 607 applications received and an average time-to-hire of 83 days; turnover was 13.19% and retention 87.23%.
Human Resources analysts presented Lafayette's vacancy and recruitment statistics for fiscal-year 2024-25 on June 23, reporting competitive application volumes and ongoing recruitment for several technical positions.
HR analyst Dana Poplin said the city has 49.35 full-time-equivalent authorized positions, with six open roles across three departments and an organization-wide vacancy rate of 12.15%. Over the last fiscal year the city received 607 job applications and interviewed 47 candidates. The average time to hire from posting to first day on staff was 83 days, with the department aiming to shorten that timeframe.
Poplin also reported a turnover rate for the year of 13.19% (below a 2023 government-sector average cited in the presentation) and a retention rate of 87.23%. The presentation noted recruitment challenges for highly technical or specialized municipal roles and cited the city's competitive salary and benefits package as an advantage in many categories.
Poplin said HR will pursue additional outreach and streamline application steps, deploy short "pulse" surveys to collect employee feedback and work to reduce time to hire while continuing onboarding and training efforts.
