BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Diversity and Inclusion Quarterly Report for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Receive information about diversity demographics for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018.
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SUMMARY:
Per Board direction, this is the first quarterly Diversity and Inclusion Program report. As requested, the report will provide demographic data in conjunction with Human Resources. While the intent is to develop a standard format and compilation of comparative data sheets, this report is a prototype which will be refined in subsequent quarters based upon Board feedback/needs.
This report also contains information gathered in response to the Board member requests during the Human Resources' Workforce Development report presentation at the November 28, 2017 Board meeting.
This first Quarterly Diversity and Inclusion Report will contain four sections:
(1) diversity demographics of the District employee workforce as compared to the workforce of the Santa Clara County;
(2) diversity demographics of all new hires in the quarter compared to the applicant pool;
(3) updates on Diversity and Inclusion Program activities; and
(4) responses to any request for information from the previous report. As stated earlier, this report will respond to information requests at the November 28, 2017 Board meeting.
I. Santa Clara Valley Water District Employee Demographics Compared to Santa Clara County Workforce for Job Categories
Each quarter, Diversity and Inclusion will present the ethnic demographics of the District's workforce for each job category that the District has that correlates to federal categories with the workforce in those categories in the Santa Clara County. For example, if the District only hires in the job categories of Sr. Technician and Skilled Craft in a quarter, the County demographics used for comparison will only include the ethnic demographics in those categories.
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