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Carbon County commissioners defend new hiring strategy, tout tourism growth
Summary
Commissioners said they will limit paid job postings on national job boards to save an estimated $30,000–$45,000 a year, focus outreach on local media and schools to fill budgeted vacancies, and highlighted that Carbon County accounts for about 14% of Tri‑County tourism and is the fastest‑growing county for visitors in the area.
Carbon County commissioners on May 14 explained a shift in how the county advertises job openings, saying they will prioritize local outreach rather than paying to sponsor large numbers of listings on commercial job boards.
"When you advertise on Indeed you sponsor a job ... now you can only post three free jobs per month," the chair, Michael Jason Frankel, said, describing new limits and the cost of sponsored posts. Frankel said the commissioners calculated that advertising all open positions on sponsored listings…
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