CPR classes available this winter
King County employees are welcome to sign up for available CPR classes hosted in the Chinook building from January to April. Class dates are as follows: Basic Heartsaver CPR/AED Training (Open to all King County employees), register with andrew.burns@kingcounty.gov: Monday, January 9, 2017 – 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chinook, Room 126 Wednesday, February 22, 2017 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chinook, Room 126 Thursday, March 23, 2017 – 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chinook, Room 126 Monday, April 12, 2017 – 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Chinook, Room 126 Refresher Heartsaver CPR/AED Training (Open to all King… Read More
Kudos! Marymoor Park voted best dog park 2016
Crossposted from King County Parks Plog King 5’s viewer poll confirmed what you already knew. Marymoor’s 40 acres of off-leash area are your best friend’s favorite place to run free. Shout out to our amazing partner S.O.D.A. (Serve Our Dog Areas), for their stewardship. Who’s a good boy?
Important fire safety tips for this holiday season
Each year fires occurring during the holiday season cause injuries and damage. To ensure your happy holidays are fire safe you should follow a few extra fire safety precautions. Candles: Always put candles in candlesticks before you light them. Don’t use lit candles as decorations on your holiday tree or near flammable decorations and curtains. Never leave candles unattended or within the reach of young children. Extinguish all candles when leaving the room or going to sleep. Holiday trees: Dispose of fresh-cut trees before becoming dry to the extent that needles are falling and the color is fading. Contact… Read More
Social Media Spotlight: Department of Transportation blog
The DOT blog, Inside Transportation, supports the DOT mission to improve the quality of life for people in King County by providing mobility in a way that protects the environment, helps manage growth, and reduces traffic congestion. Follow the Department of Transportation blog today! Click here to view all King County social media pages.
New employee parking rates beginning in 2017
As you may know, parking rates at various King County parking facilities located in downtown Seattle will increase on January 1, 2017. The new rates will affect employees parking at the Goat Hill Garage, the King County Correctional Facility, the Chinook Building, and King Street Center. King Street Center is anticipated to enter King County’s property inventory in June 2017. Therefore, the new parking rates at King Street Center will be effective on June 1, 2017. The parking rates for 2017 are as follows. Please note *indicates unchanged rates: Monthly Reserved Parking –… Read More
Ongoing Paid Parental Leave benefit
Based upon the success of the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program, King County Council adopted legislation in November establishing an ongoing Paid Parental Leave benefit effective January 1, 2017. The benefit will be the same as it has been under the pilot program. Paid Parental Leave supplements an employee’s accrued paid leave to provide the employee the equivalent of his or her full salary for up to a total of twelve weeks, when combined with the employee’s accrued leave (except for one week of sick leave and one week of vacation leave),… Read More
Featured Job: Quality Assurance Specialist
Closing Date/Time: Mon. 01/02/17 4:30 PM Salary: $35.21 – $44.63 Hourly, $73,236.80 – $92,830.40 Annually Job Type: Term Limited Temporary, Full Time, 40 hrs/wk Location: Chinook Building – 401 5th Ave, Seattle, Washington Department: King County Department of Information Technology Description: King County Information Technology – Business Solutions Services is looking for two QA Specialists to work closely with program managers, business analysts and developers to test agreed upon application functionality. These are both 24 month term-limited-temporary positions. The QA Specialist will create and execute test cases to fully exercise all functionality. The QA Specialist is also responsible for… Read More
New Employee Orientation changing Jan. 1, 2017
King County’s New Employee Orientation (NEO) is getting a refresh beginning Jan. 1, 2017. The changes to NEO will give a consistent positive experience to all new employees and will focus on King County’s values and what you can expect as a new employee. If you need to register a new employee for NEO, this information is for you: NEO registration will be done through Eventbrite NEO will be held on every Monday starting Jan. 3, 2017 If Monday is a holiday where offices are closed NEO will be held on Tuesday NEO… Read More
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services program by the American Heart Association “warms the heart”
The American Heart Association recently presented its Ian G. Jacobs Award for International Group Collaboration to Advance Resuscitation Science to the Resuscitation Academy, which launched nine years ago to identify and disseminate best practices for treating cardiac arrest. Mickey S. Eisenberg, Director of Medical Quality Improvement at King County EMS, accepted the award on behalf of the Resuscitation Academy. “We hope to develop a road map and a set of tools that can be used by emergency medical systems in both high-resource and low-resource countries,” said Eisenberg. “We have the knowledge to increase cardiac arrest survival rates — we know how to do it. The main challenge is implementation.” Read more here.
King County Learning and Development delivers
Employee training is one of the career development areas County employees asked for more of in the 2015 Employee Engagement Survey. As part of the response to that request, Human Resources Division’s Learning and Development team provided more than 50 offerings of 26 classes to many of the County’s departments during the first ten months of 2016. During that time, more than 500 County employees and community partners attended training opportunities, eight of which were in high demand and generated impressive wait lists. These trainings included: Difficult Conversations So, You Want to be… Read More
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