{"id":1203,"date":"2018-06-13T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/?page_id=1203"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:14:27","slug":"human-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/departments\/human-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Lamar County Human Resources Department is responsible for aiding county departments in recruiting and selecting employees, maintaining employee records, administering all employee benefits including health, dental, vision, life and retirement, assisting all employees with their benefit questions and concerns, conducting employee training on various topics including safety, retirement and harassment issues and overseeing the Workers\u2019 Compensation Program.<\/p>\n<p>It is the goal of the Human Resources Department to provide the most efficient and effective service possible.[\/vc_column_text]<hr class=\"c-separator m-default m-margin-top-medium m-margin-bottom-medium\">[\/vc_column][vc_column]<div class=\"c-feature\"><div class=\"c-content-box\"><div class=\"feature-inner\"><i class=\"feature-icon fa fa-file-pdf-o\"><\/i><h3 class=\"feature-title\">Application for Employment<\/h3><div class=\"feature-content\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/app_for_emp_1.24.25.pdf\">Download Application<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"c-content-box m-forced\"><div class=\"c-alert-message m-info\"><i class=\"ico fa fa-info-circle\"><\/i><div class=\"alert-inner\">\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease contact our helpdesk at (601) 794-8504 during normal business hours.<br \/>\n( 8 A.M. \u2013 5 P.M. Monday \u2013 Friday )<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Lamar County Human Resources Department is responsible for aiding county departments in recruiting and selecting employees, maintaining employee records, administering all employee benefits including health, dental, vision, life and retirement, assisting all employees with their benefit questions and concerns, conducting employee training on various topics including safety, retirement and harassment issues and overseeing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":187,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1203\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarcountyms.gov\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}