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HR director urges limiting civil-service coverage to police and fire, modernizing hiring for other city jobs
Summary
City HR Director Mike Der told the committee the city's 1893 wall-to-wall civil service model hampers timely hiring and recommended a competitive-service approach for most positions while retaining civil service for police and fire as required by state law.
Mike Der, the City of Everett’s HR director, briefed the committee on the city’s civil-service system and recommended reducing wall-to-wall civil-service coverage to improve competitive hiring for most departments.
“My name is Mike Der. I am the HR director for the city of Everett,” he said, and explained that the charter’s 1893 civil-service…
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