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Time to Hire
The hiring process involves collaboration among various stakeholders, including hiring managers at school
sites and departments such as Risk Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Compensation &
Employee Information Services, Human Resources, and School Police. The Department of Recruitment and
In FY25, the District:
Retention onboards new employees while ensuring that all processes are completed on time and that all
eligibility requirements are met. The target goal for an applicant to be cleared for employment, from job
• Maintained a low instructional vacancy rate of 2.1% (0.2% lower than FY24)
offer to ready-to-hire status, is 16 working days. For FY25, the average time from job offer to ready-to-hire
• Facilitated the hiring or transfer of 2,132 teachers
was 14.5 days, exceeding the department's goal and being 1.7 days sooner than FY24.
• Facilitated the hiring or transfer of 2,187 regular non-instructional employees
• Facilitated the hiring or transfer of 152 administrators

• Processed 7,622 new hires and transfers (regular and temporary)

Time to Hire
Recruitment Highlights
Team Palm Beach held its largest in-person hiring event at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center,
The hiring process involves collaboration among various stakeholders, including hiring managers at school sites
attracting 1,350 individuals who helped fill over 100 vacancies District-wide.
and departments such as Risk Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Compensation & Employee

Information Services, Human Resources, and School Police. The Department of Recruitment and Retention
onboards new employees while ensuring all processes are completed on time and all eligibility requirements
are met. The target goal for an applicant to be cleared for employment, from job offer to ready-to-hire status, is
16 working days. Exceeding the department’s goal and being 1.7 days faster than FY24, the average time from
job offer to ready-to-hire was 14.5 days.

Recruitment Highlights
Team Palm Beach held its largest in-person hiring event at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center, attracting
1,350 individuals who helped fill over 100 vacancies District-wide.
Continuing to build solid relationships with local Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-

Serving Institutions, the HR partners attended numerous job fairs, including Florida Atlantic University,
Candidates wait to enter the job fair. Tables are organized by region.
Florida A&M University, Florida State University, Palm Beach State College, Florida International

University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Nova Southeastern University, Palm Beach Atlantic University,
the University of Florida, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida, Bethune-Cookman
University, the State University of New York at Cortland, the University of Puerto Rico, and the Great Florida
Teach-In, among others. These efforts resulted in employment offers with placements at schools with the
highest priority needs. HR partners established ongong relationships with future graduates to create a pipeline
of potential candidates.

The District launched the Proud Kids marketing and social media campaign to reach potential candidates
through various channels, including radio, social media platforms, television (including Spanish program-
ming), streaming services, digital ad panels, bus shelter advertisements, and magazine campaigns.

Continuing to build solid relationships with local Historically Black Colleges
Principal Frances Frye interviews a candidate. Bus driver applicants
and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), the HR
partners attended numerous job fairs, including Florida Atlantic University,
Florida A&M University, Florida State University, Palm Beach State College,
Florida International University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Nova
Southeastern University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, the University of
Florida, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida,
Bethune-Cookman University, the State University of New York at Cortland,
the University of Puerto Rico, and the Great Florida Teach-In, among
HR recruitment event
others. These efforts resulted in employment offers with placements at
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schools with the highest priority needs. HR partners also met with and continuously communicated with
future graduates to create a pipeline of potential candidates.

The District launched the Proud Kids marketing and social media campaign to reach potential candidates
through various channels, including radio, social media platforms, television (including Spanish
programming), streaming services, digital ad panels, bus shelter advertisements, and magazine campaigns.

Students in the Proud Kids marketing campaign

Magazine advertisement