The Division of Community Corrections has been working in overdrive for the past several months to recruit probation officers and fill a large number of vacant positions. As of this week, the number of vacant positions is down to 16 - with 98.9% of positions filled. Eleven job offers have been extened for the remaining postions - leaving only 5 vacant positons to recruit.
In February, there were more than 115 vacant probation officer positions - out of a fully staffed workforce of 1,453. Almost 100 vacancies have been eliminated since February. In that time, we've hired more than 126 new officers, and at least 56 have left the department, promoted or transferred - creating new vacancies.
You can follow the week-by-week recruiting numbers online and you can also learn more about a career in probation and parole.
NCDPS TODAY - A periodic blog regarding the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and its agencies.
