Blair County’s job vacancies drop
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s job vacancy rate has dropped to about 15% from an average of about 17%, due to aggressive hiring and increased retention. Human resources analyst Kyle Brashear said during the county’s salary board meeting Wednesday morning that “inclusive of department heads and elected officials, the vacancy rate is down to 14.6 percent.” “If we exclude elected officials and department heads from the vacancy rate, as we would do during (Finance Director Lindsay Dempsie’s) wonderful budget calculations, we’re almost exactly knock on at 15 percent,” ...
