Presentation
regarding
bargaining unit
vacancies
JUNE 5, 2025
City -Wide Vacancy Information - 2024 2
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Calendar Year 2024 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec # of Budgeted FTEs 4723 4723 4724 4724 4724 4724 4789 4795 4795 4795 4795 4797 # of Vacancies Created 102 57 66 82 82 86 91 59 56 70 58 76 # of Vacancies Filled 151 75 55 134 50 86 134 38 61 56 80 80 # of Vacancies 592 570 576 528 523 503 471 493 477 541 537 527 % of Vacancies 12.5% 12% 12% 11% 11% 10.5% 10% 10% 10% 11% 11% 11% • Average % of vacancies for 2024: 11%
• Highest % of vacancies for 2024 (January): 592
• Lowest % of vacancies for 2024 (July): 471
Vacancy Information – Bargaining Units3
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01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024 # of Vacancies # of Budgeted FTEs % of Vacancies Unit 1 – Local 39 102 915 11.15%
Unit 3 – Fresno City Employees Association 140 1131 12.38% Unit 4 – Fresno Police Officer’s Association 38 890 4.27% Unit 5 – Fire Non-Management IAFF 29 355 8.17%
Unit 6 – Bus Drivers and Student Drivers ATU 27 335 8.06% Unit 7 – International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers 10 74 13.51%
Unit 9 – Police Management 3 36 8.33%
Unit 10 – Fire Management 0 19 0%
Unit 11* – Fresno Airport Public Safety Officers
Assoc. 2 14 14.29%
Unit 13 - City of Fresno Professional Employees
Association 65 494 13.16%
Unit 14 - City of Fresno Management Employees
Association 22 196 11.22%
Recruitment and Retention Information4
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• Our outreach efforts include posting on City of Fresno’s website, social media, various colleges/schools and applicable industry websites. • For hard to fill positions additional outreach efforts may include direct mailers to certified professionals and certain websites that target specialized expertise.
Recruitment flyers, social media blasts, and videos that highlight the job posting are also used.
• Total # of recruitments opened in 2024: 191
• # of promotional public safety recruitments in 2024: 3 • # of recruitments that were open until filled in 2024: 65 • Of the 1,000 vacancies filled in 2024:
• 507 were the result of permanent promotions of City of Fresno Employees.
Hiring Challenges 5
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• The Fresno Municipal Code governs the city’s obligations when posting positions, applicant rights and appeal procedures, character and conduct of the examinations, establishing a qualified list of eligibles, and the procedures for certifying a qualified list of eligibles to the hiring departments.
• Staff has identified changes needed to Fresno Municipal Code to speed up timeliness.
• 3-223 REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS, REMOVAL OF ELIGIBLE FROM LIST • 3-239 OPEN CONTINUOUS EXAMINATIONS
• 3-247 DURATION OF LISTS
Thank you6
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