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Benton County officials report faster hiring, plan AFSCME market study as vacancy work continues
Summary
Human resources staff told Benton County commissioners the county's average time-to-hire fell to 55 days and outlined plans to quantify vacancy-factor impacts and launch a market-study RFP tied to the AFSCME contract; labor grievances and arbitration also remain active.
Benton County human resources staff told the Board of Commissioners on July 16 that the county's average time from job posting to employee start date has fallen 16% to 55 days, and that managers and budget analysts will begin closer coordination to reduce vacancy-related costs.
The update came as HR staff outlined a two-part effort: tighter requisition and budget review early in the hiring queue, and a market study required by the county's collective-bargaining agreement with AFSCME. HR staff said the market-study RFP must begin early enough to meet contract timing; "the market study needs to start, you know, earlier than November and no later than March," county HR staff reported, with any resulting…
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