Ava Michler, with the Performance and Strategy (PSB) team, spoke with Sara Tollefson and M.J. Wheble about the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention’s (DAJD) switch to a new background investigation platform used in job hiring. This change saves money and aims to reduce vacancy rates.

The DAJD project team collaborates with the new platform’s vendor to improve experience for users and HR analysts. Collecting data is important, as they look to answer questions like: Are we successfully reaching diverse communities in our hiring process? Read the full story here.

Take a moment to check out this story, and explore others in the PSB Monitoring in Action section to see how King County programs are turning data into impact. For employee information about the portal, or if you are a King County employee and have a blog post idea, contact Sara Hospador at Sara.Hospador@kingcounty.gov.