Hiring & Recruitment
Recruiting and retaining employees is a top priority for Washington state agencies. Hiring and retaining talented employees is essential for an agency’s well-being and for maintaining productivity, engagement, and public trust.
Competencies
Competencies are the measurable or observable knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors critical to successful job performance.
Diversity recruiting
Talent acquisition relies on outreach. Use this list of resources to network with diverse organizations.
Essential functions
Essential functions are the fundamental, crucial job duties performed in a position.
EO 24-04 toolkit
Guidance and support for agencies to implement Executive Order 24-04.
Position allocation
The process used to assign individual positions to a job classification.
Position description
Guidance to help develop a useful, complete position description.
Skills-based hiring
By focusing on skills, agencies can hire the best talent while giving more people access to meaningful careers