HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0010) IR 21-10605 - Management Diversity UpdateINFORMAL 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 12021
(as of 0510312021)
RESIDENTS
CAUCASIAN
HISPANIC
AFRICAN-
AMERICAN
OTHER
CFW RESIDENT
CFW Population 2021
39.17%
35.10°1
19.130%
6.93%
Tarrant County 2021
45.72%
28.91%
16.511%
7.96%
Tri-County 2021
50.61%
2-7.34%
14.39%
7.66%
EEGROUP
2011
2021
2011
2021
2011
2021
2011
2021
2011
2021
All Employees
57.36%
51.39%
21.30%
2-6.04%
18.39%
17.15%
2.96%
5.41%
44.86%
48.51%
General
47.77%
41.20%
25.99%
30.74%
22.95%
21.59%
0.34%
6.47%
54.50%
55.98%
Sworn Police
55.03%
62.35%
15.99%
22.88%
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%
25.82%
29.77%
General Exempt
51.30%
51.91%
13.57%
19.77%
19.61%
19.01A
5.52%
9.31%
44.05%
49.40%
General Nonexempt
41.94%
36.32%
31.19%
35.73%
24.39%
22.779A
2.49%
5.18%
59.00%
59.44%
Managerial
73.57%
59.04%
9.213%
20.21%
1-2.14%
13.30%
5.00%
7.45%
39.29%
43.62%
Assistant Directors
58.00%
66.07%
10.0096
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
70.5195
58.19%
10.95%
19.53%
14.47%
15.52%
3.95%
7.76%
42.99%
45.61%
Professional
58.97%
49.34%
14.22%
20.51%
20.90%
19.75DA
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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Highlights
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
(CMO, Directors, Assistant Directors)
Gen -der
Female 41%
Male 59%
Ethnici
Caucasian 62%
African -American 18%
Hispanic 15%
ether 5%
Hired 2018 to Print
(CMO, Directors, Assistant Directors)
Gender
Female
47%
Male
53%
Ethnicity
Caucasian
54%
African -American
31%
Hispanic
10%
ether
5%
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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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FORT WORTH, TEXAS