COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

County Manager’s Office

 

DATE:

July 30, 2007

BOARD MEETING DATE:

August 14, 2007

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

John Maltbie, County Manager

SUBJECT:

Employee of the Month for August 2007

 

RECOMMENDATION

Honor Annette Danly as Employee of the Month for August 2007 and authorize the President of the Board to sign the commendation.

 

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Responsive, effective and collaborative government

Goal 21: County employees understand, support and integrate the County vision and goals into their delivery of services.

 

BACKGROUND

The Employee of the Month program was established in December 1984 to recognize and honor County employees who consistently demonstrate an outstanding level of performance.

Our Employee of the Month for August 2007 is Annette Danly, a Community Worker II in the Human Services Agency.

 

DISCUSSION

Annette’s first contact with the Human Services Agency was as a CalWORKS customer. Within a few months, she obtained a Lead Work Center position at the County’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services Center (VRS). She then became the Public Services Specialist and after a year she was hired as a Community Worker at Peninsula Works in Daly City in the Work First program. Annette assists job seekers who use the Job Information Center and also acts as the business service representative who works closely with businesses wishing to recruit workers. Annette consistently provides outstanding customer service to job seekers and employers. She takes great pride in maintaining a clean and user-friendly environment that is welcoming to job seekers. She patiently sits with customers, many of who have never used a keyboard or computer before, and carefully guides them on how to conduct a successful job search through the Internet. Additionally, the customers benefit from her extensive knowledge of community and job search resources and they continually give high praise for her services.

Annette enjoys the challenges that come with serving customers, many who come in very uncertain about where or how to begin a job search. She has the ability to de-mystify the process and help them get off to a productive start.

Our County is fortunate to have Annette Danly as one of its outstanding employees.