Members began celebrating as soon as the radio news picked up information that E-Recruiting was shutting down, soon to be replaced by a third party host system. While I'm not sure what all that means yet, party is the operative word for members who have felt frustrated by the system and who believe they have lost promotional opportunities due to the failures of the current system. Ever the skeptic, I called Human Resources to find out what I could. In fact, E-Recruiting will hang around for about a year. The request for bid will go out in about a month and there is hope that a vendor will be selected by the end of this year. It is yet unknown if information already contained in the current system will be able to cross over to a new process.
Now that the general public has heard the news, I'm told DOP will soon send out the information to the state's workforce.
Because of all the information and problems reported by the membership, the General Government Contract Bargaining Team was able to negotiate language in the contract to mitigate some of the adverse impacts of E-Recruiting. General Government Contract 2009-2011 Article 4.2 states, "Agencies that use the Department of Personnel's E-Recruiting system will accept and process agency- defined paper forms. Upon request, agencies will assist employees through the application process."
Your thoughts about the impacts of the DOP decision are welcome. I look forward to hearing from you.
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