Behind each of the essential services cities provide to their residents are dedicated, skilled public servants, the city staff that keep our communities running. 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 chronic vacancies and turnover in these critical roles, it can negatively impact public service delivery.
The National League of Cities (NLC) 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. To learn more about skills-based practices in cities and how your city can get started, please download our Cities Advancing Skills-Based Practices Fact Sheet on Making the Case for Skills-Based City Government below.
Acknowlegements
This research was made possible by Walmart. We would also like to thank the many representatives from city governments and national organizations that participated in this project and shared their experiences and insights into SBPs in city government.
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