DEPARTMENT: Economic Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Rene Dominguez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Chief Talent & Recruitment Officer (CTRO)
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance approving an updated agreement for $150,000 to support a Chief Talent & Recruitment Officer (CTRO) under the direction of, and partnership with, Tech Bloc a 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation, funding for this agreement is included in the FY 2018 Economic Development General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
There are approximately 1,000 IT-related companies/institutions employing close to 35,000 IT workers in San Antonio. Large employers such as USAA and Rackspace have dedicated talent recruitment and hiring professionals on staff. However, the great majority of small-to-mid-sized technology companies lack access to these types of professional recruitment resources, relying instead on personal/professional networks, job boards, and/or expensive, one-off headhunter type services. Meanwhile, regional IT workers or those interested in access to IT-related career fields lack a central location for job listings, placement services, and/or training and scholarship opportunities. The net effect is an inefficient or suboptimal labor education, recruitment and placement market in San Antonio.
Understanding the job demands of industry is necessary to ensure the community is producing and matching talent to that demand. Each industry has its unique features and challenges that shape how that industry crafts solutions to deal with issues regarding talent identification and acquisition. The City's response to this problem is SA Works. SA Works is supported by the City to help align industry job demand in the targeted industries of manufacturing, healthcare, and IT. Specifically in IT, the City and SA Works worked with Tech Bloc as an industry representative to determine that a CTRO position would be the best way to determine and respond to industry IT job demand.
ISSUE:
To create a h...
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