Veteran's Preference
City of Greenacres Veterans' Recruitment Plan
INTRODUCTION
The City of Greenacres is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled veterans into the agency workforce. The agency recognizes the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills gained through military service and also recognizes the challenges associated with implementing a successful recruitment and onboarding process for individuals possessing these skill sets.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the City of Greenacres Veterans’ Recruitment Plan (the Plan) is to encourage individuals eligible for veterans’ preference, in accordance with Section 295.07, Florida Statutes (F.S.), to seek employment opportunities with this agency. This plan is designed to meet the City’s recruitment goals as required by Section 295.07(5)(a), F.S., and increase the awareness among veterans of the employment opportunities within this agency. This plan includes annual goals for the following fiscal year: 2021 - 2022.
AGENCY - ESTABLISHED GOALS
The following recruitment goals have been established by the City of Greenacres with the intent to increase veterans' awareness of employment opportunities within the City, as well as assisting veterans with the successful navigation of the general recruiting and onboarding process within the City.
1. The agency will participate in a specified number of job fairs exclusively for hiring veterans. The job fairs must be hosted by public or private organizations which provide or support employment services to veterans or those eligible for veterans' preference as described in Section 295.07, F.S.
2. The City will advertise employment opportunities on its public website, in addition to jobs.myflorida.com and veteransflorida.org to expand veterans' access to vacancies.
3. The City will state in recruitment materials that the City of Greenacres values the service veterans and their family members have given to our country and that the agency supports the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.
The City of Greenacres will document the completion of established recruitment goals.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Each year, the City of Greenacres will prepare statistical data related to the recruitment plan which will, at a minimum, include the number of eligible persons who are hired as a result of the veterans' recruitment plan.
The City will annually update the statistical data on its public website and include such data in its annual workforce report. Data will be collected on a fiscal year basis by the Division of Human Resources.
