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DHHS human resources bureau outlines recruitment, linked statewide hiring tools; $102K Indeed request not in governor's budget
Summary
DHHS Human Resources told the finance subcommittee it manages payroll, workforce development, training and talent acquisition for the department’s 20+ facilities; HR leaders said they relied on New Hampshire First plus Indeed recruitment tools but the governor’s budget omitted a $102,000 subscription request.
David Weeters, DHHS chief operating officer, and HR staff briefed the House Finance Division 3 on the department’s Bureau of Human Resources and its five functional teams: payroll and benefits, workforce management, employee relations and engagement, organizational development & training, and talent acquisition.
Weeters said HR runs payroll for the department and partners with the state’s Department of Administrative Services and New Hampshire First ERP system. He said recruitment tools include the state ERP and third-party services such as Indeed; the department reported that Indeed has added roughly 50 percent more applicants versus the ERP alone. The agency requested a $102,000 subscription to statewide recruitment services through a DAS agreement; Weeters said that request did not appear in the governor’s phase of the budget.
HR described training and development lines including an organizational-development team that manages leadership and supervisory training; training subscription funding sits with the Bureau of Information Services’ LMS for enterprise license management. Weeters said the bureau currently has eight full-time vacancies across its team and noted that payroll and benefits are operating but some functions such as employee relations are delayed. He said cloud migration of the ERP (New Hampshire First to CloudSuite) and continued LMS implementation are central IT dependencies.
Committee members asked about the 3,000-position cap that applied in a prior biennium and current hiring constraints from a governor-issued hiring freeze on non-direct care positions; Weeters said the cap expires June 30, 2025 and that an executive hiring freeze affects non-direct care roles.
Ending note: Legislators asked HR to provide details on the Indeed/LinkedIn statewide subscription costs and return on investment. Weeters said the department would supply recruitment performance metrics and described several unfunded positions in the HR bureau in the governor’s recommendation.
