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Recruitment Videos & Resources
Explore recruitment ideas, workforce research, and resources designed to help correctional agencies attract, develop, and retain qualified professionals.
Recruitment Videos
See how correctional agencies across the country are telling their stories and reaching potential applicants. These examples may provide ideas and inspiration for your own recruitment efforts.
Recruitment & Workforce Resources
Research, reports, and practical information addressing recruitment, retention, workforce development, staffing, leadership, and the changing corrections workforce.
Building a High-Quality Correctional Workforce: Identifying Challenges and Needs
Joe Russo, Dulani Woods, George B. Drake & Brian A. Jackson
View Resource →Millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers: A Snapshot of the American Workforce
Joshua Wright
View Resource →Occupational Employment and Wages: Correctional Officers and Jailers
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
View Resource →The New Talent Landscape: Recruiting Difficulty and Skills Shortages
Society for Human Resource Management
View Resource →Should I Stay or Should I Go? Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intent of Jail Staff Throughout the United States
Leslie Leip, Ph.D. & Jeanne B. Stinchcomb
View Resource →Identifying Core Competencies and Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Jail Leaders: Methods and Outcomes
Jeanne B. Stinchcomb, Ph.D., Cindy J. Smith, Susan W. McCampbell & Christiana Mancini
View Resource →The Future is Now: Recruiting, Retaining and Developing a 21st Century Jail Workforce
Jeanne B. Stinchcomb, Ph.D., Susan W. McCampbell & Leslie Leip, Ph.D.
View Resource →Real-World Jail Staffing
How to develop a correctional facility staffing plan that works.
Amanda Hassenstab
Have a Recruitment Video to Share?
AJA welcomes examples of innovative correctional recruitment efforts from agencies across the country. Share what your agency is doing to reach and recruit the next generation of corrections professionals.
