Abstract
The City of Virginia Beach's Human Resources and Communications and Information Technology Departments collaborated to develop Workforce Planning and Development (WorkPAD) software. WorkPAD, winner of the 2003 E-Town State and Local Government Award for government agency best practices in E-Town, enables planners to pull data from the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) database, the Virginia Retirement System, and numerous other resources to enhance workforce planning efforts. Managers can query this system to produce reports detailing projected retirement statistics, workforce demographics, vacancy reports, and much more. This innovative software also features an online KSA and Competency Assessment piece that enables employees and supervisors to tailor career development paths. To introduce this innovative tool to the city's leadership, Human Resources realized that an effective communications strategy could make or break their Workforce Planning and Development initiative.
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