MADRAS, OR -- Oregon’s Department of Corrections is hosting a unique recruiting event on Saturday, in an effort to hire at least five new correctional officers for Deer Ridge Prison in Madras. Steve Cox, with the DOC, tells KBND News, "The whole purpose of this is to bring prospective applicants in where they can sit down and do their NEOGOV application, take the proficiency testing, have an interview that day and, if selected, sit down with a background investigator by the end of the day. This is the first time we’ve ever done this as an agency."
"Nationwide, we’re dealing with a public safety hiring crisis, trying to get enough qualified applicants to fill the positions that we have," says Cox. "The concept here is taking what would normally be a three-month or four-month period of time and condensing it into one day."
