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Navigating Immigration and Employment Law: Best Practices for Municipal HR

Navigating Immigration and Employment Law: Best Practices for Municipal HR

This webinar provides updates on immigration and employment law for municipal HR professionals, covering employment eligibility requirements, I-9 audits, an overview of visa types and timelines, and updates from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Recommended audience: Human resource professionals
Employment LawsWebinarPublication Date: Mar 13, 2025
Reframing Recruitment: Key Takeaways, from Vacancy to Post-Recruitment

Reframing Recruitment: Key Takeaways, from Vacancy to Post-Recruitment

This webinar highlights key takeaways from the Reframing Recruitment webinars and workshops on innovative hiring strategies, vacancies and advertising, interviewing, and onboarding.
Recruiting and HiringWebinarfreePublication Date: Jun 14, 2023
Reframing Recruitment: What Happens After the Offer

Reframing Recruitment: What Happens After the Offer

This webinar provides strategies for optimizing onboarding and creating a process that helps strengthen organizational integration and highlights your municipality’s unique employee benefits.
Recruiting and HiringWebinarfreePublication Date: May 17, 2023
Reframing Recruitment: The Interview Process

Reframing Recruitment: The Interview Process

This webinar shares tips for reviewing applications, building an interview panel, and selecting the best questions for prospective candidates to tailor the processes according to current vacancies and community needs.
Recruiting and HiringWebinarfreePublication Date: Apr 19, 2023
Municipal Recruitment: Vacancies and Advertising resources

Municipal Recruitment: Vacancies and Advertising resources

Provided by Jen Breaker, town of Danvers, Caitlyn Julius, city of Springfield and Kristina Ordung, town of Shrewsbury as part of ‘Reframing Recruitment’ webinar series
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 1 MBPublication Date: Mar 15, 2023
Reframing Recruitment: Setting the Table - Vacancies and Advertising

Reframing Recruitment: Setting the Table - Vacancies and Advertising

Provided by Jen Breaker, town of Danvers, Caitlyn Julius, city of Springfield and Kristina Ordung, town of Shrewsbury as part of ‘Reframing Recruitment’ webinar series
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 3 MBPublication Date: Mar 15, 2023
Reframing Recruiting: Setting the Table – Vacancies and Advertising

Reframing Recruiting: Setting the Table – Vacancies and Advertising

This webinar reviews how to attract a broad pool of candidates and remain competitive by embracing innovative strategies for advertising vacancies and writing standout ads.
Recruiting and HiringWebinarfreePublication Date: Mar 15, 2023
Onboarding Checklist

Onboarding Checklist

Provided by the town of North Reading
Recruiting and HiringGuidancepdf - 87 KBPublication Date: Feb 01, 2019
Municipal Hiring Strategies: North Shore Municipal Hiring Event

Municipal Hiring Strategies: North Shore Municipal Hiring Event

Presented by the Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources association
Recruiting and HiringWebinarPublication Date: Mar 10, 2022
Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Public Works and Other Municipal Departments

Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Public Works and Other Municipal Departments

2022 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show webinar: Public works leaders from across the state shared insights on recruitment, retention and succession planning for the next generation of municipal public works professionals.
Labor and PersonnelWebinarPublication Date: Feb 07, 2022
Diversity and Immigration

Diversity and Immigration

Presented by the Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association
Community EngagementWebinarPublication Date: Nov 19, 2020
Best Practices in Hiring a Town Manager

Best Practices in Hiring a Town Manager

Presented by the Massachusetts Select Board Association
Recruiting and HiringWebinarPublication Date: Oct 27, 2020
Costing the Contract: Knowing Your Negotiation Numbers

Costing the Contract: Knowing Your Negotiation Numbers

Presentation by Sandy Pooler, deputy town manager in Arlington, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2020
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 5 MB
Is My Workforce Diverse Enough?

Is My Workforce Diverse Enough?

Presentation by Tom Moses, executive assistant in Hudson, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 718 KB
Overview of MassHire, Recruitment Resource for Business

Overview of MassHire, Recruitment Resource for Business

Presentation by Jennifer James, undersecretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 4 MB
Recruiting Strategy, Town of Amherst

Recruiting Strategy, Town of Amherst

Presentation by Evelyn Rivera-Riffenburg, human resources director in Amherst, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 24, 2020
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 315 KB
MMA Best Practice Recommendation: Pathways to Municipal Government

MMA Best Practice Recommendation: Pathways to Municipal Government

Established by MMA Policy Committee on Personnel and Labor Relations, published in MMA Best Practices Series, vol 5, 2020
Recruiting and HiringGuidancepdf - 223 KB
MMA Best Practice Recommendation: Promote the Public Works Profession

MMA Best Practice Recommendation: Promote the Public Works Profession

Established by MMA Policy Committee on Public Works, Transportation and Public Utilities, published in MMA Best Practices Series, vol 5, 2020
Recruiting and HiringGuidancepdf - 193 KB
Stop Stealing From Neighbors: Building Your Finance Team, town of Brookline

Stop Stealing From Neighbors: Building Your Finance Team, town of Brookline

Presented by Mel Kleckner, town administrator in Brookline, at MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Jan. 18, 2019
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 414 KB
Stop Stealing From Neighbors: Building Your Finance Team, Dept. of Local Services

Stop Stealing From Neighbors: Building Your Finance Team, Dept. of Local Services

Presented by Zack Blake, chief of the Technical Assistance Bureau at the Division of Local Services, at MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Jan. 18, 2019
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 3 MB
Succession Planning: Tips to Achieving Unity Through Diversity

Succession Planning: Tips to Achieving Unity Through Diversity

Presentation by Joellen J. Cademartori,  principal at HRGov and Sheila Keady-Rawson, personnel director in Cambridge, MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Jan. 18, 2019
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 2 MB
Burlington: Hiring and Training a Modern Police Force

Burlington: Hiring and Training a Modern Police Force

Presentation by the town of Burlington at MMA Annual Meeting, January 19, 2018
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 5 MB
Chelsea Police Dept.: Hiring and Training a Modern Police Force

Chelsea Police Dept.: Hiring and Training a Modern Police Force

Presentation by the Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes at MMA Annual Meeting, January 19, 2018
Recruiting and HiringPresentationpdf - 4 MB
Sample Knowledge Check Questions

Sample Knowledge Check Questions

Presentation materials from the MMA Annual Meeting, January 21, 2012.
Recruiting and Hiringpdf - 155 KB
Sample Interview Questions

Sample Interview Questions

MSA Workshop: “From Ad to Offer: Hiring By Committee” January 21, 2012
Recruiting and Hiringpdf - 95 KB
From Ad to Offer Hiring by Committee

From Ad to Offer Hiring by Committee

Presentation from MMA Annual Meeting Jan. 21, 2012
Recruiting and Hiringpdf - 83 KB
Communities Should Examine Civil Service Promotional & Layoff Strategies to Avoid Discrimination

Communities Should Examine Civil Service Promotional & Layoff Strategies to Avoid Discrimination

By Edward M. Pikula, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010
Recruiting and Hiringpdf - 6 MB
Employment Application

Employment Application

Town of Hingham
Recruiting and Hiringdoc - 156 KB
Employment Application

Employment Application

Town of Chatham
Recruiting and Hiringdoc - 75 KB
Employment Application

Employment Application

Town of Duxbury
Recruiting and Hiringdoc - 155 KB
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