Trenches of Democracy

Excerpts from the second semi-annual report by Shakman Compliance Administrator (CA) Julia M. Nowicki:

a. Establish a merit-based applicant evaluation and interview procedure that will comply with the CCPC and eliminate the opportunity that political in hiring decisions. Certain of the Bureau of HR’s hiring policies and practices do not appropriately implement requirements of the CCPC and in fact create the opportunity for prohibited political influence in the hiring process. Specifically, the CCPC requires the Bureau o fHR to post positions for a period of 14 days and to “prescreen all job applicants to determine eligibility based on bona fide job-related qualifications.” It also requires the County to “select a sub pool of eligible candidates to interview based upon bona fide job-related qualifications as stated in the Notice of Job Availability and in the position’s job descriptions.” Finally, the CCPC requires that “[a] minimum of seven candidates, or all applicants if less than seven apply, must be interviewed for each vacant position,” and that the list of “all eligible candidates” and “all eligible candidates in the sub pool” be provided to the hiring department.

To be continued…

You can read the full Shakman report here.

Tags: Cook County, Nowicki, Patronage, Shakman, Stroger

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