HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10605 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10605
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 22, 2021
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Diversity is a core value for the City of Fort Worth. As a core value,the City recognizes that a diverse workforce
provides many perspectives,views,and ideas that add strength to the City's ability to strategize,communicate and
deliver services. Having employees who come from different demographics only furthers the City's understanding
of its customer base and enhances its execution of services. Having an internal workforce that reflects the diversity
of our Community is a key focus at the City of Fort Worth.
Human Resources(HR)reports annually on the City of Fort Worth's total employee demographics as shown below.
This informal report will also provide an update specifically about the recruitment efforts of Senior Management,
meaning Assistant Directors and higher,at the City. For several years,HR and City Management have had the
following 3 goals for each selection process. They are:
• Find the best candidate for each position thru a competitive process
• The workforce reflects the diversity of the community
• Remove bias from the selection process
2011/2021
(as of 0510312021) _
AFRICAN-
RESIDENTS CAUCASIAN HISPANIC AMERICAN OTHER CFW RESIDENT
CFVV Population 2021 39.17% 35.10% 18.90% 5.83%
Tarrant County 2021 45.72% 28.91% 16.51% 7.96%
Tri-County 2021 50.61% 27.34% 14.39% 7.65%
EEGROUP 2011 2021 2011 2021 2011 2021 2011 2021 2011 2021
All Employees 57.36% 51.39% 21.30% 26.04% 18.39% 17.16% 2.95% 5.41% 44.86% 49.51%
General 47.77% 41.20% 25.99% 30.74% 22.95% 21.59% 0.34% 6.47% 54.50% 55.%%
Sworn Police 59.03% 62.35% 15.99% 22.89% 12.15% 10.57% 2.83% 4.20% 31.24% 40.51%
Sworn Fire 77.99% 76.66% 10.73% 11.11% 10.06% 9.28% 1.23% 2.96% 26.82% 29.77%
General Exempt 51.30% 51.91% 13.57% 19.7796 19.61% 19.01% 5.52% 9.31% 44.05% 49.40%
General Nonexempt 41.94% 36.32% 31.18% 35.73% 24.39% 22.77% 2.49% 5.18% 59.00% 59.44%
Managerial 73.57% 59.04% 9.29% 20.21% 12.14% 13.30% 5.00% 7.45% 39.29% 43.62%
Assistant Directors 68.o0% 66.07% 10.00% 14.29% 18.00% 14.29% 4.00% 5.36% 26.00% 32.14%
Directors and Above 53.16% 54.54% 18.42% 18.20% 18.42% 26.83% 0.00% 2.44% 78.95% 73.17%
Total Management 70.51% 58.19% 10.95% 18.53% 14.47% 15.52% 3.95% 7.76% 42.98% 45.61%
Professional 58.97% 49.34% 14.22% 20.51% 20.90% 19.75% 5.91% 10.40% 44.31% 49.15%
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10605
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 22, 2021
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The data demonstrates that:
• Over the last ten years,the overall workforce (All Employees)has become more racially diverse with
Hispanics achieving the most notable gains.
• "General'employees(excluding Sworn Police and Fire personnel)most closely represent the demographics
of the City of Fort Worth and is continuing to become more diverse.
• Management positions are composed of three categories—Directors/Chiefs and above;Assistant Directors,
which includes Assistant and Deputy Chiefs;and Managers that includes Police Captains,Fire Battalion
Chiefs and civilian staff that typically supervise a division of a department.
• Professional positions include all exempt employees not designated as management above. Continued
progress of minority representation exists in this group with Hispanic employees increasing the most.
• Civil Service positions,as well as Management positions,remain the focus to improve the diversity of the
workforce.
Sr.Management Recruitment
The first chart below shows the current gender and ethnicity information of Sr.Management at the City of Fort
Worth. The second chart shows how the focus on diversity has improved the hiring statistics from 2018 to present.
Current Sr. Management Hired 2018 to Present
(CMO, Directors,Assistant Directors) (CMO,Directors,Assistant Directorsl
Gender Gender
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Female 41% Female 47%
Male 513% Male 53%
Ethnici EthnicitV
Caucasian 62% Caucasian 54%
African-American 19% African-American 31%
Hispanic 15% Hispanic 10%
Other 5% Pther 5%
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10605
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 22, 2021
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Professional Recruiting
In order to find the top talent nationally for our highest-level positions,and increase the diversity of the candidate
pools,the City of Fort Worth has increasingly used an active recruitment model. This model has proven to be very
successful,both in the quality of the candidate pools,as well as the diversity of them. The City's agreements,with
any recruitment firms it has used,is that City Management and Human Resources will not move forward with a
finalist pool of candidates unless it meets the diversity standards of this organization. In every instance,the
recruitment firms have delivered on that agreement. In a review of both the diversity of the candidates presented,as
well as the diversity of the finalist pools that the City chose to move forward with,the percent of diverse candidates
presented averaged 55%,and the percent of diverse candidates the City chose as finalists averaged 70%.
In closing,there continues to be a focus on removing bias from the process by the use of diverse panels,including in
many cases,others outside of the hiring Department to be a part of the interview process. The candidate pools,as
well as the results of each recruitment,are always reviewed by Human Resources. The City will continue in its'
efforts to find the best candidates for each position thru a competitive process,hire a workforce that reflects the
diversity of the community, and remove bias from the selection process.
If you have any questions,please call Nathan Gregory,Human Resources,at 817-392-7847.
David Cooke
City Manager
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