-: For me, the biggest thing I take away is
no matter who I hire, I know that
they're impacting someone's life out there
and to me that's really important.
To be able to work in an environment
where I know that my work directly impacts
the lives of Minnesotans everywhere,
that's important to me and I encourage anybody
who works at the Department of Human Services
to really take a step back and think how their
job is affecting everyone because
no matter who your job is, it's you're doing
a great service.
Sure, the biggest challenge I face
is always trying to find that right candidate.
We want to make sure that the people we're hiring
are gonna be great fits for the job,
even if we have to go back to the drawing board
in figuring out and of course it's about
meeting those diversity goals
and other goals that we've set forward
to ourself as well.
We take a lot of time to look back
at what the minimum qualifications
for a job is to make sure it's not a barrier
to entry for a lot of people.
We don't want to disinclude someone based
on education is possible or
their creative background or ethnicity.