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Narcisse comments on tracking and asks about turnover and exit interviews

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 1:24:24 · 1 min 40 sec

Narcisse emphasizes the need to track candidates; Otar says they have exit interview surveys and citywide career counselors to help with retention.

Mercedes Narcisse

The way I see it in my brain, so if I'm sending you folks to work for you, so at least I need to know what's up.

Mercedes Narcisse

If they're staying, I need to know where they're going and keeping track.

Mercedes Narcisse

I know it may be difficult, but I'm just thinking.

Katrina Porter

Yeah, we track how the agencies are using the actual civil service list, but the onboarding process, that's happening at the agency level.

Katrina Porter

So the interviewing and the, you know, the issuance of onboarding documentation, the investigative process, all of that happens at the agency level.

Mercedes Narcisse

Yeah.

Mercedes Narcisse

Thank you.

Mercedes Narcisse

You're welcome.

Mercedes Narcisse

Which job have the highest turnover in the first two years?

Mercedes Narcisse

Do you know by any chance?

Mercedes Narcisse

And what do exit and?

Mercedes Narcisse

interviews stay about why the people live because if leaving the agencies or whatever done so we don't I don't have that particular number for you here today but we may be able to provide information about the exit interviews

Katie Ann Otar

do we have yes for the exit interviews we do have a

Katie Ann Otar

survey that agencies issue and then we produce a report on it and so a lot of it is sometimes the opportunities to grow within their career or not knowing how to navigate the career

Katie Ann Otar

in city government after they've landed.

Katie Ann Otar

Or just wanting to explore other opportunities outside of city government.

Katie Ann Otar

And so one of the things that we have is citywide career counselors, where each agency will have a career counselor,

Katie Ann Otar

and for anyone that's working in the agency will have access to learning more about how they can progress within their agencies or even across different agencies.