Workforce Planning

Recruitment Toolkit

This page is meant to be a one-stop shop for resources to recruit and retain workers in local, state, Tribal, and territorial health departments.

Public Health Recruitment Workshop Series Part 1: Identifying Your Hiring Needs: Who, How Many, Where

In this module, several public health workforce experts discuss ways health departments can use existing resources such as job vacancies, workforce development plans, strategic plans, community health assessments, as well as new resources such as the…

Plan, Recruit, Retain: A Framework For Local Healthcare Organizations to Achieve A Stable Remote Rural Workforce

This paper describes a strategy designed for rural and remote healthcare organizations to ensure the recruitment and retention of vital healthcare personnel.

How to Recruit, Hire, Monitor and Train Community Health Workers: Guide for Local Health Departments

This course developed by the Region 2 Public Health Training Center describes the integral role that community health workers can play in public health departments and explains how to integrate them into your organization or agency.

Attracting New Talent to the Governmental Public Health Workforce: Strategies for Improved Recruitment of Public Health Graduates

This journal article highlights a gap between education and employment in governmental public health.