Chapter 1 – General Administration

12020.9 Recruitment Activity at Conferences and Conventions

• The CDC facility located in the geographic area of the conference or convention shall coordinate the placement of a CDC recruitment booth at that conference or convention. Other CDC facilities or divisions interested in participating in staffing the recruitment booth may do so by contacting the responsible recruitment coordinator.

• Limit of Booths

  • Normally, there shall be no more than one CDC booth per conference or convention. But if the departmental recruitment manager concurs that a large number of applicants are anticipated for classifications being recruited, another booth and additional staff may be requested.

    • The booths shall be placed side by side.

    • No more than four recruiters shall be used to staff a booth.

    • The recruiters shall not be conference and convention attendees or participants.

    • The recruiters’ function shall expressly be to staff the booth and respond to employment inquiries.

    • The recruiters shall not need to be included in the conference and convention approval process.

• Use of Booths

  • Recruitment booths shall only be used at those conferences or conventions in which it is reasonable to expect applicants. The appropriate staff shall also be used (i.e., sworn staff used in recruiting peace officers and medical staff used in recruiting medical professionals). The decision to send a recruitment booth team to the annual conferences and conventions of the following groups shall be made by the departmental recruitment manager:

    • Asian State Employees Association.

    • Association of Black Correctional Workers.

    • Black Advocates in State Service.

    • CAFE de California.

    • Chicano Correctional Workers Association.

    • Filipino American State Employees Association.

    • Latino Peace Officers Association.

    • Mexican American Correctional Association.

    • Mexican American Political Association.

    • United Black Correctional Workers.

• Note: At these conferences and conventions, an advertisement in the conference or convention program shall be the extent of our recruitment participation unless it is determined to be in CDC’s best interest to also use a booth. Should it be determined that a booth is needed, the responsible facility shall be advised and shall coordinate its placement and staffing.