One of the ways many cities and departments are working to increase recruitment and retention is by increasing wages.
Recreation professionals and departments have worked to become more innovative with recruitment and retention. Whether it is increasing wages, providing sign-on bonuses, offering course certification reimbursement, providing longevity incentives or other ways to ensure departments have the staff to provide programming to the community. The MRPA programming network has created a shared document for professionals from cities around the state to list seasonal position information in. If you want to share any innovative ideas on recruiting and retaining staff, feel free to attend the programming network at 10 a.m. on the third Friday of every month, excluding summer months. If you would like more information about the programming network, contact the current chair Aaron Thelen at athelen@ newhopemn.gov
We all know we are in the “great resignation” and employees are more selective than ever with all the positions they are applying for. Employers and supervisors have to be very creative in recruiting and retaining staff. 22 MINNESOTA Recreation and Parks • www.mnrpa.org
