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Welcome to our Employer Spotlight. Today we are happy to have Monique Jenkins with us. Monique is a senior manager with the Enterprise Talent Management Services at the Georgia Department of Administrative Services. I know we're all excited to learn more about the Department of Administrative Services, what they do, and how they help the state of Georgia operate. Monique, thank you for being with us today. Thank you so much. It is great to be here and I am excited to talk about Team Georgia careers and the opportunities that we have with the state of Georgia. Awesome.

Alright, so to get started, why don't you tell us a little bit about the department, what services your office provides and any products that you provide? Yes. So the Department of Administrative Services, the agency that I work for is an agency that serves other state agencies and local governments. So our agency is about 200 employees and we provide services in the areas of Human Resources Administration, which is where I work. 

And then we also provide state purchasing information and manage all of the state purchasing for the state of Georgia. We also helped local governments with procurement as well. Then we also offer surplus services. So for any state entity that is looking to transition their equipment, So maybe they are, they don't need it anymore. Our surplus division helps them disseminate that and hopefully sell it. And then we also offer those services to local governments as well. 

And then we also have our risk management division, which is responsible for the states insurance program. So there are many types of insurance program that the state manages to support state employees in certain areas, and that includes our worker's compensation insurance. And then we also have our fleet management services, which manages the states fleet of vehicles, and also provides drivers service training and fuel card management for the State of Georgia. 

The services that we offer as a state entity is really designed to make sure that state agencies have what they need so that they can serve Georgia citizens. So that's a little bit about my agency and what we do. 

We are located in downtown Atlanta. Almost all of our employees are teleworking on a regular basis. Right now, that that's two days a month. But we love to be in person and we love to be around each other. We are operating on a hybrid schedule. 

Okay. Awesome. Well, it sounds like a huge operation. Well, the Department of Administrative Services, we have a lot of responsibility, but as I mentioned, we are a small entity when we compare to other state agencies because we only have abo