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Workforce Management Conference California State Legislature February 7, 2008

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California State Government One of the largest employers in the U.S.

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The State’s Aging Workforce

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Who’s eligible to leave in the next 5 years? <ul><li>35% of our current workforce, or roughly 80,000 employees </li></ul><ul><li>49% of our managers and supervisors </li></ul><ul><li>75% of our top leadership </li></ul>

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Yep, we’ve got problems <ul><li>Our Current Human Resource System: </li></ul><ul><li>Too many separate job classifications </li></ul><ul><li>Limited external recruitment </li></ul><ul><li>Application process is confusing </li></ul><ul><li>Hiring process is too slow and too complicated </li></ul><ul><li>Compensation program is not reflective of the labor market and too complex to administer </li></ul><ul><li>Performance management is not tied to business needs, nor is it consistently done </li></ul><ul><li>No statewide workforce plan to address anticipated labor shortages </li></ul>

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We’ve also got solutions Fi$Cal HR Modernization Automated Integrated System

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Early Successes <ul><li>Things we’re doing right now to help </li></ul><ul><li>DPA - delegation to departments </li></ul><ul><li>SPB – interim solutions </li></ul><ul><li>Workforce planning conference </li></ul><ul><li>Coming soon, new exam and cert system </li></ul>

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California State Employees TRAD. BB’s X Y Cyber . 13% 55% 29% 4% 0.0% By Generation

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The next generation <ul><li>What can we do to prepare? </li></ul><ul><li>Do workforce planning </li></ul><ul><li>Look at your work processes </li></ul><ul><li>Redefine and restructure </li></ul><ul><li>Are you where you need to be with: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Technology </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>They demand state of the art </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>They can multi-task better than us, come up with solutions faster than we can </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Flexibility </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Let your managers know it’s OK to be flexible, manage the work, not the people. </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Telework, flexible schedules </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Work/life balance is important to them </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Training and Feedback </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Communicate with the new generation, they expect it </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Train current managers in how to deal with the new generation </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Train the new workers so they are prepared to move up quickly </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Workforce Planning Conference <ul><li>Hosted by DPA and SPB </li></ul><ul><li>April 15, DGS – Ziggurat Auditorium </li></ul><ul><li>Morning Session </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Limited to 2 people from each department </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Geared to Directors, top management </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Speakers will be Rosario Marin, Victoria Bradshaw and P.K. Agarwal. </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Afternoon Session </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Limited to 2 people from each department </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Directed to staff in charge of workforce planning </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>“ How To” information </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Online Registration starting March 1, DPA’s website </li></ul>

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Questions? <ul><li>Thank you! </li></ul><ul><li>Suzy & Dave </li></ul>