RECOMMENDATION #4

Regularly review internal promotion practices to ensure diversity objectives are considered before deciding to post a job for only internal applicants.

Promoting from within provides more opportunity for job growth when backfilling positions. This objective will be balanced with the goal of minority representation reflecting the demographics of the community.

When the nature of a position or of the available internal candidates appears to warrant an internal posting, the department director shall submit a written justification for City Manager approval prior to posting. The City Manager may approve jobs for internal posting only when the knowledge and skill sets required for the vacant position are unique to Lewisville and are possessed by employees in lower level positions in the department.

Status: Ongoing

Completed Actions

• This recommendation is complete. New process implemented that requires written approval from the City Manager prior to posting in-house only jobs. This step has been added to the Hiring Process Guide supplied to all hiring managers and updated in New Supervisor Training.