Memphis spent almost $50K on a recruiting trip to Puerto Rico
The City of Memphis funded a recruiting fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico last July, in an attempt to attract police officers and employees for other hard-to-fill jobs. The event, which cost nearly $50,000, failed to attract a single candidate. (AP Photo file/Brennan Linsley)
At least 15 city employees traveled to the Caribbean island for a recruiting fair last July. The event, designed to attract police officers and employees for other hard-to-fill jobs, failed to attract a single candidate.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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