Career, Recruiting and Retention

Upcoming Webinars

10 / 20 / 2021

Leadership Mentoring: Successful Succession Planning

Does your agency have a system in place with a clear path that members can follow to move up to various ranks, levels, or specialized assignments? Your organization may want [...]

Brenda Dietzman

11 / 02 / 2021

Preparing for Your Second Career from Day 1: Developing an Exit Strategy for a Meaningful Career and a Purposeful Life

What if we started planning for ‘what comes next’ right now? Wherever you are in your career or life, start building your legacy and planning what life will be like [...]

Amy Morgan

11 / 09 / 2021

There’s More To You Than Your Career: Finding Balance and Personal Identity

How many times have you heard about someone who retired, and then figured out that they had no idea what to do with themselves? In a First Responder career, and [...]

01 / 18 / 2022

Finding Your True North: Letting Your Purpose Guide Your Career

We all have a calling. People just don’t stumble into these jobs. There is a reason why we are all here and those reasons are spectacular. We do good [...]

01 / 20 / 2022

The Success Equation: The formula to help you master any area of your life FAST!

In this webinar, Marc Hildebrand will teach you the success formula that has helped him not only lose 100 pounds and get into the best shape of his life, but improve [...]

03 / 03 / 2022

Managing Difficult Volunteers: How and When to Let Volunteers Go

Volunteers are the lifeblood of most of our organizations. But what should you do when a volunteer just isn't "working out?" During this webinar, we'll discuss why it is so [...]

03 / 15 / 2022

Recruiting and Retaining Women: Strength through Diversity

Diversity of all types makes our organizations better. Yet in a lot of the helping professions, women are underrepresented. We will identify some of the underlying causes that will help [...]

04 / 19 / 2022

Building Your Team

Attracting and hiring the right candidates is an uphill battle in today’s job market, especially in emergency communications where small candidate pools were already the norms. In order to [...]

07 / 21 / 2022

Generating Momentum: How to Create Change in Any Part of Your Life — and Protect It at All Costs!

When momentum is on our side, things just seem easier. When we have no momentum on our side, even something small can throw us off track. Like a freight train [...]

Jonni Redick

Five Ways to Survive Promotional Preparation

If you’ve ever sought to get promoted, you probably know the feeling that comes with preparing for it – the sense of not knowing what you’ll be facing come [...]

Damon Ing

Partner Webinar: Becoming a First Line Supervisor: Characteristics, Training and Challenges

The first step is always the hardest. It also often is a step outside one’s comfort zone. For law enforcement officers recently promoted to a front-line supervisor, this is [...]

Grant McDougall

Millennials and Generation Z in Law Enforcement: The strengths, limitations and unique characteristics of the “Me” generations.

The law enforcement field is facing systemic challenges brought about by a mass exodus of law enforcement officers hired in the 90s that are retiring simultaneously and the difficulty of [...]

Halcyon Frank

Creating the Best Start for New Dispatchers

The first day on the job can be anxiety-inducing. Everything and everyone is new, and you’re scared to mess up, this is especially true for new dispatchers who learn [...]

Johnny Roberson

Rich LeCates

Partner Webinar: How Should We Train Officers for Long-Term and Fulfilling Careers?

Expectations are high when it comes to what must be done to be seen as effective or successful in this world of technology and information. The same expectations are demanded [...]

Obed Magny

The Importance of Mental Tenacity in Policing

There’s just too much we’re all dealing with in the world today that being on that go-mode just becomes our default setting. It means being always ready in [...]

Cheryl Stewart

Michael M. Brown

Emotional Intelligence: How EQ Can Make a Difference in Your Criminal Justice Career

In the real world, it takes more than just the traditional definition of intelligence to make it in life. Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, is regarded as a much [...]

Josh Fisher

Recruiting the Next Generation to Your Agency

Budget constraints in the public sector often leave government agencies like animal welfare organizations with limited options when it comes to recruitment. Given the competition in attracting applicants in both [...]

Eric Knutson

Jeannette Dominguez

Anthony Norman

Recruiting the 21st Century Police Officer: Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned

These days, recruiting for roles within the Police Department is quite the task. It requires agencies to have an awareness of what exactly they’re looking for, and what the [...]

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Creating and Maintaining A Great Workforce: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Employees

To be able to have a great workforce, leaders and managers must work throughout the employee life cycle, from first day to farewell. There are so many resources on workforce [...]

Kimberly Miller

Leadership and the Art of the Sale

Selling is a primary life skill. It may not be as obvious, but every day, we’re selling. Selling is a valuable skill that is being practiced in most of [...]

Anne Li Kringen

Using Social Media for Recruiting: Targeted Messaging in Law Enforcement

The Justice Clearinghouse has delivered numerous webinars tackling the value of social media for law enforcement. Whether it be a tool to keep communities safe, ensure citizens are up to [...]

Obed Magny

Job Satisfaction: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Morale and Reducing Stress with the Employees in Your Organization

In a profession inundated with public criticism, it takes perseverance and internal factors to remain motivated. Job satisfaction may be elusive but Dr. Obed Magny is back on the Justice [...]

Adam Leath

The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates

Employee attrition and talent acquisition cost agencies a lot. According to a research, it costs an estimated $5,000 each time an employee leaves and requires to be replaced by another. With [...]

Rick Hodsdon

Title VII Employment Discrimination: What Justice Professionals Need to Know

Employment discrimination against a member of a protected class is something that any developed society should aim to eliminate. With the current political climate, the public scrutinizes every move that [...]

Michael Goold

Emotional Intelligence: The Hard Skill that Will Make Your Career and Save Your Personal Life

This webinar will introduce you to the principle of Emotional Intelligence and how you can prevent emotional hijacks, give yourself a yellow card, and “read” the emotions of others to [...]

Cara Rabe-Hemp

Sheryl Victorian

Success Factors in Your Career

Success is elusive to those who gauge it with money, status, or fame. But when we come to understand that success is relative, it becomes a more feasible concept to [...]

Brenda Dietzman

The New Generations: How to Recruit, Retain, and Motivate

Generalizing people based on the generation they belong to is seemingly apparent in the current zeitgeist. What should have been an opportunity to better understand people and provide support based [...]

Al Cobos

Motivation and Meaning for Law Enforcement Personnel

It takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch, one bad incident to forget all the good that’s been done. Outlier events are putting the whole law enforcement arena [...]

James S. Stewart

Nikki Carson

Shelagh Dorn

Recruiting and Retention of Police: Strategies for Small and Medium Sized Agencies

Recruitment and retention in the law enforcement field has been challenging in the past couple of years. With less applicants and more retiring or eligible to retire, agencies became more [...]

Sarah Mostyn

Kevin Morison

The Workforce Crisis, and What Law Enforcement Agencies Are Doing About It

Law enforcement agencies are facing a crisis. Pressures from different sides pose multiple threats to the workforce as agencies remain understaffed, the number of applications dwindling, voluntary retirement rising, and [...]

Nicholas Augustine

Responding to a Recruiting Crisis: Using Innovative Tactics to Transform Your Recruiting Practices

As the human population rise, so does the demand for services that will ensure their safety and security. Unfortunately, law enforcement agencies are seeing a decline in the number of [...]

Michael Parker

Creating a Constant Stream of Recruits: Finding Great People to Meet Your Justice Agency’s Goals

There are lots of fish in the sea. Unfortunately, not all of them are qualified to become peace officers. The challenge of recruitment is very real for public safety and [...]

Chase Wetherington

Military Service and Law Enforcement Recruitment

Law enforcement is a field that is considered heroic. So is military service. So it kind of makes sense that the skills and expertise of military veterans be leveraged for [...]

Kimberly Miller

Marketing & Hiring: How To Stand Out When You Are A Small Fish In A Big Pond

Every organization has a set of core values and mission statement. It is from these and the people within that the organizational culture is formed. These are the factors that [...]

Rick Hodsdon

First Amendment, Social Media and Employee Discipline

Most of the world is now online. This definitely altered our reality, changing how humans deal with their personal lives, the workplace, the society and its government. Technology provides conveniences [...]

Anne Li Kringen

Paige Valenta

Women in Policing: Performance and Outcomes

Performance evaluation in policing is often focused on simplistic objectives based on outcomes. Doing so fails to capture all the other facets of policing that goes beyond arrests, tickets and [...]

Evie Monnington-Taylor

Recruiting a Diverse Police Force: Insights and Action Items from a 21-City Study

Diversity is being widely advocated in today’s society. This is no different in the workplace with the belief that it is the differences in views and experiences that allows [...]

Chase Wetherington

Education, Hiring and Disciplinary Issues in Law Enforcement Agencies

It wasn’t until about 50 years ago that the law enforcement field actually implemented efforts to encourage its members to pursue higher level of education. Prior this, just about anyone [...]

Rachel Tolber

Natalie Todak

Women in Law Enforcement: Promotion and Assignment

Studies show that there is a very evident lack of representation of women in policing especially in leadership positions. Further, the lack of literature and researches surrounding the topic of [...]

Kimberly Miller

Securing The Future Of Your Agency Through Succession Planning

The success or failure of any organization is often attributed to its leadership. Great leaders create a great team that results in great performance. An organization’s effectiveness and dynamics, [...]

Jessica Rock

Preparing for and Surviving Cross-Examination as a Witness

The responsibility of law enforcement does not end with going to the scene of the crime or catching the bad guys. It also includes coming to court and testifying as [...]

Kimberly Miller

Coaching and Developing Your Bench

Succession planning is complex – it is not just a matter of picking and choosing a person to pass the torch to. It’s an arduous process that involves modeling, coaching, [...]

Jamey Gadoury

Thomas Dworak

Mind.Set + Habit.Set: Your Growth

If there is one thing that we ought to mindfully invest our time and efforts on, it is our personal growth. Doing this entails looking at one’s habits and [...]

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Communication Skills for All Occasions

Saying that communication is important is an understatement. It serves a central role in our lives, specifically our relationships – from the people closest to us to the most random strangers. [...]

David J. Rogers

Report Writing for Probation Officers

When a person decides to be a part of the world of criminal justice, they are generally drawn in by the authority, having the means to protect the people they [...]

Brenda K. Uekert

The Great Escape: Planning Your Early Retirement from the Justice System

Did you enter the justice system because you believed you could make a difference? But something has changed. Your days of idealism are long gone and the job is feeling [...]

Thomas Dworak

Career Planning: From Academy to Retirement

For some, being a part of the law enforcement field starts as a childhood dream. Once you graduate from the Academy, how to jumpstart that career? If you are now [...]

Michael G. Aamodt

Hiring Great People: What Best Predicts the Performance of Law Enforcement Personnel

An organization is only as good as the people that comprise it. It is critical to hire the right people for the job to ensure an agency’s success. But [...]

Kimberly Miller

Dealing With The Dark Side: How To Handle Your Most Difficult Employees

Every organization has got its own share of good and bad. There are your superstar employees – the Jedis of your agency. Then there are your naysayers, critics, and apathetics – they [...]

Kimberly Miller

Bringing Your Best To A Promotional Process

One way to keep employees engaged is by ensuring that they experience growth in their role. One of the most common ways growth is done, and even measured, is through [...]

Michael G. Aamodt

Employing Background Checks in Your Hiring Process: Legal Requirements vs Current Research

Employers use background checks – both criminal and credit history – when deciding which candidates to hire. Due to the increase in lawsuits involving background checks, they tread a fine line when [...]

Thomas Dworak

Hiring for Emotional Intelligence

Law enforcement is a prestigious career path, but recently, the younger generation isn't as keen into entering this field with the expanse of opportunities and possibilities being presented by the [...]

Mark Hendershot

Competency Based Human Resourcing: Evidence Based Practices

How does your organization ensure they are hiring the right people, with the correct mix of technical and soft skills, who are well suited to the demands of the job, [...]

After the Webinar: Five Ways to Survive Promotional Preparation. Q&A with Jonni Redick

Webinar presenter Jonni Redick answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Five Ways to Survive the Promotional Preparation. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Getting Started in the Animal Control and Protection Field. Q&A with Bryan Harkey

Webinar presenter Bryan Harkey answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Getting Started in the Animal Control and Protection Field. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Millennials and Generation Z in Law Enforcement. Q&A with Dr. Grant McDougall

Webinar presenter Dr. Grant McDougall answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Millennials and Generation Z in Law Enforcement. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Emotional Intelligence – Recognizing Interpersonal Skills and Empathy. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cheryl Stewart and Mike Brown answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Emotional Intelligence: Recognizing Interpersonal Skills and Empathy in Criminal Justice Situations. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Creating the Best Start for New Dispatchers. Q&A with Halcyon Frank

Webinar presenter Halcyon Frank answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Creating the Best Start for New Dispatchers. Here are just a few of her responses. Host: [...]

After the Webinar: How Should We Train Officers for Long-Term, Fulfilling Careers? Q&A with Rich LeCates

Webinar presenter Rich LeCates, joined by Johnny Roberson, answered a number of your questions after his presentation, How Should We Train Our Officers for Long-Term, Fulfilling Careers? Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Emotional Intelligence – Flexibility and Stress Management. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Mike Brown and Cheryl Stewart answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Emotional Intelligence: Flexibility and Stress Management (Part 3). Here are just a few of their [...]

After the Webinar: Growing Your Career by Developing Your Brand. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Growing Your Career by Developing Your Brand. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Emotional Intelligence – Using Self Perception and Self Awareness in Criminal Justice. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cheryl Stewart and Mike Brown answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Emotional Intelligence: Using Self-Perception and Self Awareness in Criminal Justice. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Emotional Intelligence – How EQ Can Make a Difference in Your Criminal Justice Career. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Cheryl Stewart and Mike Brown answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Emotional Intelligence: How EQ Can Make a Difference in Your Criminal Justice Career. Here [...]

After the Webinar: It’s the Manager. Q&A with Dr. Michael Goold

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Goold answered a number of your questions after his presentation, It's the Manager. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: Do you [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting the Next Generation to Your Agency. Q&A with Josh Fisher.

Webinar presenter Josh Fisher answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Recruiting the Next Generation to Your Agency. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: What Your Boss Really Wished You Knew – Professionalism in an Increasingly Unprofessional World. Q&A with Adam Leath

Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, What Your Boss Wished You Knew: Professionalism in an Increasingly Unprofessional World. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting the 21st Century Police Officer. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Eric Knutson, Jeannette Dominguez, and Anthony Norman answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Recruiting the 21st Century Police Officer: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Employees. Q&A with Dr. Jeff Fox

Webinar presenter Dr. Jeff Fox answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Recruiting and Retaining Quality Employees: Creating and Maintaining a Great Workforce. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Using Social Media for Recruiting. Q&A with Dr. Anne Kringen

Webinar presenter Dr. Anne Li Kringen answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Using Social Media for Recruiting. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates. Q&A with Adam Leath

Webinar presenter Adam Leath answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Secret Sauce to Finding the Best Candidates. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

Thoughts on Service from Katie Nelson

Katie Nelson shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Stand Up, Stand Out: How Social Media Enhances Your Staying Power. Here’s just one reminder she [...]

Thoughts on Turnover from Marisa McKeown

Marisa McKeown shared some incredible insights and advice during the webinar, NIBIN-Led Policing: Prosecutor's Perspective. Here’s just one poignant reminder. "Employee attrition is devastating to working cases." Click [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting & Retention of Police – Strategies for Small and Medium Sized Agencies. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Jim Stewart, Nikki Carson and Shelagh Dorn answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Recruiting and Retention of Police: Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Agencies. Here [...]

Recent Polls on Recruiting from JCH Webinar

Recruiting has been a challenge for many criminal justice agencies for the last few years. Here's what one audience shared during the webinar, The Workforce Crisis and What Law Enforcement [...]

After the Webinar: The Workforce Crisis. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Kevin Morison and Sarah Mostyn answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Workforce Crisis and What Law Enforcement Agencies are Doing about It. Here are [...]

Thoughts about Recruiting from Michael Parker

We loved this reminder that Michael Parker shared about recruiting during his webinar, "Creating a Constant Stream of Recruits: Finding Great People to Meet Your Justice Agency's Goals." It's a [...]

Thoughts about Communication from Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD gave us a super reminder about the importance of what we say and how it affects others during his webinar, “Creating and Maintaining a Professional Workforce: [...]

Thoughts about Identity from Dr Jeff Fox, PhD

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD gave us a super reminder about the importance of understanding who you are and how that affects what you do every day during his webinar, "Creating [...]

After the Webinar: Creating a Constant Stream of Recruits. Q&A with Michael Parker

Webinar presenter Michael Parker answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Creating a Constant Stream of Recruits. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

Thoughts about People from Dr. Kimberly Miller

A super reminder about the importance of understanding people that Dr. Kimberly Miller made during her webinar, Marketing & Hiring: How to Stand Out When You Are a Small Fish [...]

After the Webinar: How to Stand Out when You are a Small Fish in a Big Pond. Q&A with Dr. Kimberly Miller

Webinar presenter Dr. Kimberly Miller answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Marketing & Hiring: How to Stand Out When You are a Small Fish in a Big [...]

Thoughts on Hiring from Harry Glidden

Hiring and retaining great people is a critical issue facing many justice agencies these days. Love this insight and reminder Assistant Chief Harry Glidden shared during his webinar, Integrating Community [...]

Thoughts on Branding from Corey Dobridnia

Corey Dobridnia shared a lot of great reminders of how PR and Branding are intertwined throughout all the functions of your agency -- even hiring. Here's another insight she shared [...]

Thoughts on Difficult People from Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

We all have challenging people in our lives, whether they're co-workers, colleagues, or other associates. Love this perspective from Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD about understanding these difficult individuals. "Try to [...]

Thoughts on Employee Purpose from Corey Dobridnia

Love this reminder Corey Dobridnia shared during her webinar, The Public Relations Aspect of Law Enforcement: Creating Internal Agency Buy-in within Your Agency. "Employees crave a sense of professional [...]

After the Webinar: Moving Beyond the Confidence Gap. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cecelia Rosser and Wendy Rich-GoldSchmidt answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Moving Beyond the Confidence Gap. Here are just a few of their responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Using Your Words, Communicating Your Authority. Q&A with Karin Montejo

Webinar presenter Karin Montejo answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Using Your Words: Communicating Your Authority. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Recruiting a Diverse Police Force. Q&A with Evie Monnington-Taylor

Webinar presenter Evie Monnington-Taylor answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Recruiting a Diverse Police Force. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: You [...]

After the Webinar: Mastering Police Work. Q&A with Dr. Jeff Fox PhD

Webinar presenter Dr. Jeff Fox answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Mastering Police Work. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: How do [...]

After the Webinar: Women in LE – Navigating Police Culture. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Cara Rabe-Hemp and Asst. Chief Sheryl Victorian answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Women in Law Enforcement: Navigating Police Culture. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Women in Law Enforcement-Promotion & Assignment. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Rachel Tolber and Dr. Natalie Todak answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Women in Law Enforcement: Promotion & Assignment. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Education, Hiring & Disciplinary Issues. Q&A with Dr. Chase Wetherington

Webinar presenter Dr. Chase Wetherington answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Education, Hiring and Disciplinary Issues in Law Enforcement Agencies. Here are just a few of his [...]

After the Webinar: Real Re-entry, Real Impact, Real Money. Q&A with Robert Barnett

Webinar presenter Robert Barnett answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Real Re-entry, Real Impact, Real Money: Building Futures with the OCCD Construction Program. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: The Great Escape. Q&A with Dr. Brenda Uekert

Webinar presenter Dr. Brenda Uekert answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "The Great Escape: Planning Your Early Retirement from the Justice System." Here are a [...]

Insights on Career Planning from Dr. Brenda Uekert

Love this insight from Dr. Brenda Uekert on the importance of paying attention to how you're feeling during your career. "Think of burnout differently. What if burnout can be [...]

After the Webinar: Creating, Managing or Becoming Peak Performers. Q&A with Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Webinar presenter Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Creating, Managing or Becoming Peak Performers." Here are a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar Hiring Great People: What Best Predicts the Performance of Law Enforcement Personnel. Q&A with Dr. Michael Aamodt

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Aamodt answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Hiring Great People: What Best Predicts the Performance of Law Enforcement Personnel." Here [...]

Lifetime Career Planning: An Interview with Thom Dworak

Christina McCale

For many of us, our careers are part of identity. But just as many of us evolve over our lifespans, so too do our careers. But how do you manage [...]

Creating, Managing and Becoming Peak Performers: An Interview with Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Christina McCale

What do you have in common with NFL football players, Oscar-winning actors, or world renown musicians? At some point in time, you - like they - have likely given some [...]

Bringing Your Best to the Promotional Process: An Interview with Dr. Kimberly Miller

Christina McCale

Career management can mean a lot of things to different people. For some, it might be just simply being prepared to "take the next step" when the opportunity arises while [...]

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