Behind each of the essential services cities provide to their residents are dedicated, skilled public servants, the city staff that keep our communities running and thriving. Municipalities are often one of the largest employers in a community, employing more than 2.4 million people nationwide. When local governments struggle to recruit qualified candidates, and experience chronic vacancies and turnover in these critical roles, it can negatively impact public service delivery.
The National League of Cities and the American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched Cities Advancing Skills Based Practices to better understand how skills-based practices can serve cities, municipal staff, and the community at large.
Join us for a conversation with municipal workforce leaders on how they’re using skills-based practices to recruit, hire, train, and retain talent and how your city can get started!