This item is in the about your department section of the Listening to the Workforce survey. This section asks employees to rate their impression of their daily experience within their department in regards to diversity. Historically, this item has ranged from 70-76% agreement.  *No Survey was issued in 2020 as the City collected benchmarking information and best practices in order to overhaul the Listening to the Workforce survey. 

Since it has been added to the survey, this item has been rated high and continues to remain in the upper 70% level of agreement.  However, this most recent survey in 2022 was an increase of the previous.

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The annual Listening to the Workforce survey results are delivered back to City Management and then Department Directors and Human Resources Managers.  An effort has been made in the recent past to work with Departments in ways to use results and communicate back implementations and changes to further drive the efficacy of the survey tool.  If results are in need of improvement, the Human Resources Department is available to provide subject matter experts to improve needed areas.

1) Definition:  This measure represents the percentage of employees who agree that their department values diversity.

2) Calculation method: This percentage is calculated by adding up the number of participants who selected agree and strongly agree to this survey item and divided by those who provided a response to the item.

3) Data Collection Process:  The data for the Listening to the Workforce is collected annually by providing both online and paper surveys to all regular City employees.  The survey runs for about 3-4 weeks during the middle of the year.

4) Measure Target Calculation: The target was calculated by averaging the past five years of data.

5) Frequency Measure is Reported: Annually (Calendar Year) in December.

Date page was last updated: March 2023