DesertMedic66
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If they are sending people 2 hours away to a gay pride event (they are legitimately at a gay pride event) to recruit people they must be hurting really badly.
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VentMonkey
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I've always felt that the guys that get their p card and don't wanna do suppression are no less richards than the guys getting their p card just to do suppression, but I guess I can't really blame either of them.So.....there's hope for me yet?
It just seemed wrong to take a test with a bazillion other guys who would sell their own brother up a creek to get into a department, but because I had a p card, I got "bonus points"....ahhh good ol SoCal.
VentMonkey
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As a side to this, any of the LACO peeps on here who cover WeHo (@Jim37F) ever notice the side door logo on the LASD WeHo patrol units?...awesome.
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Nah, they're likely just trying to tick more of the diversity boxes. Down here, we only advertise when we're recruiting at areas high in specific minority groups. If you go to more blended or affluent areas, you'd never know we were hiring.
Jim37F
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RocketMedic
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I certainly wouldn't mind going Fire. @STXmedic , how's the staffing over at SAFD looking?
CALEMT
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Very tactful if you're using this in the sense that I think you are. +1 point.
VentMonkey
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Yep, that's it. I think it's pretty cool they acknowledge the community they serve.The little WeHo graphic they got?
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We hire 50-90 per year, which only fills attrition and new positions. So come on, the money's here and the protocols don't suck
gotbeerz001
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LAFD has no shortage of qualified applicants; just a perceived shortage (by some) in regards to overall diversity of their workforce.
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VentMonkey
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Is this really still a thing? Trying to "diversify" their workforce? I laugh as I am a "minority" by definition..I suppose
.gotbeerz001
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Is this really still a thing? Trying to "diversify" their workforce? I laugh as I am a "minority" by definition..I suppose
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lafd-hiring-follow-20151117-story.html
If by "thing" you mean a specific and defined goal, then yes.
This makes perfect sense why they are staffing a pride rally. If I had to think of an event where I might find a high density of females interested and able to do the job, that would probably be it.
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VentMonkey
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By "thing" I mean ridiculously sad, never mind the most qualified candidate regardless of where they've come from, and/ or who they are, but whadda' I know?...
Jim37F
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I am like the exact opposite of "minority", my picture would not be out of place next to the definition of "WASP"Is this really still a thing? Trying to "diversify" their workforce? I laugh as I am a "minority" by definition..I suppose
Maybe once I get my own para-magician card though... In the meantime I've got the physical ability test for Honolulu next week, which means I shelled out 600 bucks for plane tickets to this little, middle of nowhere isolated town, so bummed...
gotbeerz001
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Depends on what one determines to be a "qualified"; we most often think in the realm of most qualified operationally. Management looks at other issues such as public relations as qualifying characteristics; operational paradigms have a minimum standard which have to be met and maintained but to some Chiefs, doing such things faster does not necessarily make you more qualified.
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gotbeerz001
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Would you be able to play the game? I am personally very bad at the game. Those who are educated, confident, have a defined style and are used to autonomy usually struggle on the suppression side.
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NysEms2117
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Otherwise known as "Do you know my boss" or "do you know a key public figure/somebody important(diplomat/ bureaucrat)?"
VentMonkey
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I am like the exact opposite of "minority", my picture would not be out of place next to the definition of "WASP"
In the meantime I've got the physical ability test for Honolulu next week, which means I shelled out 600 bucks for plane tickets to this little, middle of nowhere isolated town, so bummed...
@Jim37F's post above may not be what everyone considers "qualified", but it sure as **** shows determination in my book. Clearly, Hawaii or not (I know they're totally twisting your arm, bud), this shows commitment. Same goes for the thousands of sheckles I spent going through hoops for CCP certs, and higher than average paramedic training. It's just sad, again IMO, that because one needs to "diversify" their workforce to meet status quo or because they may be number crunchers, a super dedicated, committed, and perhaps equally qualified candidate is passed over.
I'm just a big ol cheeseball I guess, I believe if you want it that bad, you'll see past all of it, so I guess in essence it doesn't matter what said department does as recruitment tactics, you'll find your way to your ideal job one day, and are color blind to the rest
.gotbeerz001
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Moreso "can you be living proof that we support a workforce that represents the population served?"
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gotbeerz001
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Double post