2019 MUNICIPAL INNOVATORS CONFERENCE

A Targeted Approach to Attracting, Developing and Retaining Millennials in Municipal Government

JOSEPH SILVA

COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SERVICES

HANNA SAMATER

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

YORK REGION AT A GLANCE

AT A GLANCE

20,000 PLUS NEW RESIDENTS ANNUALY

274 HECTARES 6TH

LARGEST MUNICIPALITY

IN CANADA

YORK REGION SERVICES

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

We provide financial, technology and business services to our organization and

external community partners

WORKFORCE PLANNING

FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKFORCE SNAPSHOT

85% PERMANENT

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

66.1% INTERNAL HIRE

SUCCESS RATE

13% RATE AT WHICH

STUDENTS FROM

PREVIOUS YEARS

RETURN

WORKFORCE ANALYTICS: DEMOGRAPHICS:

53% GENERATION

X

AVERAGE AGE

46 YEARS OLD

*Based on 2016 Workforce Data

15% TEMPORARY OR CASUAL

1.9% TURNOVER

RATE

100% NEW HIRE

SUCCESS RATE

30% BABY

BOOMERS

16% MILLENNIAL

“The future of work encompasses changes in work, the workforce and the workplace” – Jeff Schwartz, Deloitte Insights

Millennials (1981-1995) are the fastest growing segment of the workforce.

HOW DO WE BEST

ATTRACT DEVELOP AND RETAIN MILLENNIALS

STRATEGIC TALENT MANAGMENT

CORPORATE TALENT MANAGEMENT

Targeted talent management initiatives to attract, engage and develop new

generations

Targeted

employment

branding

campaigns

Candidate

experience

surveys

Campus

recruitment

office

Leadership

development

program -

YorkLEADS

THREE-PRONGED APPROACH

TRIPLE A PROGRAM

WORKFORCE PLANNING PROCESS CHANGES

UNDERFILL PILOT PROGRAM

OUR JOURNEY

RESEARCH

DESIGN

BUY-IN

APPROVAL

IMPLEMENTATION

ADAPTATION

DEVELOPED TALENT PIPELINE FOR THE

DEPARTMENT AND BROADER ORGANIZATION

OUR SUCCESSES

100% OF PARTICIPANTS

COMPLETED FIRST

YEAR OF UNDERFILL

SUCCESSFULLY

2017 & 2018

TOP EMPLOYER FOR

YOUNG PEOPLE

ENTHUSIASTIC AND

POSITIVE RECEPTION

OF NEW PROGRAMS

HELPED RETAIN

MORE STUDENTS

AFTER

COMPLETION

OF CO-OP

PLACEMENTS

ATTRACTED MORE

ACCOUNTING

CANDIDATES

THROUGH APPROVED

CPA ROUTE

MORE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JOINING

DEPARTMENT THROUGH ENTRY-LEVEL

POSITIONS

75% OF TRIPLE A PARTICIPANTS SECURED

TEMPORARY OR FULL-TIME POSITIONS

IN AN AVERAGE OF 1 YEAR

LOOKING FORWARD

THE NEXT GENERATION

Generation Z (1995-2009)

THANK YOU!

QUESTIONS?