Working Titles by Traci Walker

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 19:14:20 UTC

Scenario: Imagine you’re meeting with a detail-oriented, risk-averse HR Policy Director focused on compliance and uniformity. Your goal is to advocate for incorporating working titles in tech job announcements to attract qualified candidates while assuring them that compliance and classification consistency will be maintained. Emphasize how working titles improve candidate clarity and align with other agencies' successful practices. Suggest a pilot program with defined metrics to minimize risks and demonstrate effectiveness.

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 19:14:52 UTC

Variation: Now, imagine you’re meeting with a forward-thinking Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) who values data-driven modernization. They’re supportive of new ideas but want to see alignment with strategic goals. Emphasize working titles as a competitive advantage in attracting top tech talent, showing alignment with broader modernization efforts and predictive hiring metrics.

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 20:08:34 UTC

You're referencing the official title in the body of the vacancy. So compliance is maintained.

HR Policy Person - Alex

lindsay315 — 2024-11-21 20:09:01 UTC

Use Data - how many were qualified and how many weren't. Provide the analysis of how many applied for the wrong job because of title confusion. By communicating that we can satisfy HR hesitancy to implement the change using the data they value (not just policies).

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 20:10:30 UTC

The DHA challenge is the agency wide DHA/ Agency specific - and being able to use the titles vs the DHA specific authority

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 20:13:17 UTC

Try it as a pilot project - look at working titles and see the data that comes from it - dig into the resumes that align with the title vs the broader resume. The resumes will hopefully better align with that - anecdotal and qualitative feedback is good as well and the quality of the hire.

HR Policy Person:

2024-11-21 20:15:01 UTC

Collaborating with the policy director and pointing out that policy allows for flexibility on functional titles and make the tiles more representative of what's already in the PD to achieve this goal. Find other agencies as examples to where this was successful.

Uncover some data points that demonstrate there's low risk. Use shared certificates as an example, and look at what was posted originally vs after.

Suggest finding a CX role that currently lives with an IT Specialist title and then try and change the working title to evaluate the impact the change can have.

CHCO

lindsay315 — 2024-11-21 20:15:08 UTC

Why it's important to have people all in the same communication channel - copy and dissemintat info we recieve to everyone who's a critical part of the hriing process. Everyone is invited to a training to learn about hiring authorities, giving them real time information as folks are working on it.

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 20:16:42 UTC

pilot Analyze it with time to hire. Are we getting the right person the first time. What is performance data - are they coming in with the right skills.

awkwalk — 2024-11-21 20:17:15 UTC

What other guardrails or other functional processes that will be implemented with "working titles" that could be created.

2024-11-21 20:17:37 UTC

CHCO:

Using critical roles can help leverage a greater need to try new initiatives

CHCO

lindsay315 — 2024-11-21 20:17:42 UTC

Give him a few crumbs - you do this or that and you will get the result that you are aiming for strategy