Each week I pick the top 10 jobs by category (IT to HR to entry-level to $100k)from USAJOBS for our site jobs.govloop.com (sign up to receive our top picks by email).



I'm kind of a jobs nerd so I actually love doing it.  I've learned a lot by doing this week in terms of what type of jobs are available and what to look for.



Here are my top 5 observations:

1) #…

What if the government had its own conference facilities? Arguable the military already does, if conference organizers utilize their service academy facilities. But what about civilian agencies? Check out the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia, it's amazing and a short drive from Washington, DC. Could that be used by other agencies?

What other facilities exist for conference planners. Despite the GSA…

In the first part of this blog posted on March 23 I discussed the so called Generation Flux (see the April Issue of Fast Company ).The fluxers are not members of a particular age cohort such as Gen X or Y, members of this group can be found in any age bracket. What characterizes fluxers is their movement from job to job or even from career to career every few years as they seek new challenges. Gen fluxers thrive on learning new skills and applying them in…

One of things that I’ve found will hold true on the job is the aspect of being flexible. During my time working for the Federal Government I've found that flexibility is the key on the job. Given that short notice changes could come down the pipe at any time, being prepared to accept those changes can go a long way in shaping your future with the government. For some, they look at working for the federal government as a job, which it is technically, but when we chose to take the oath into…

I've been busily working away creating training plans for lots of government clients. Government organizations are really interested in "bite-sized" trainings because they are unable to pull staff off the phones or counters for full-day traditional training. So I thought I'd share part of one of the new 20-Minute Refresher Modules with you. Please feel free to finish it out with your own customized thoughts and implement it with your team. Let me know what you…

Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris…

Today in the Washington Post, Steve Vogel reports on a RAND study that found federal tax credit programs encouraging employers to hire disabled veterans are proving effective.

The study released Thursday found that the tax credit increased employment among disabled…

The National Health Promotion Summit took place this past Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, DC. Participants included government officials, policy makers, educators, students, health promotion advocates, and more.…

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

• Collaborative Consumption.  The Sharing Economy has come to government, at least in the form of car sharing.  Alex Howard has a great article that not only details two cities' experiences in car sharing (Boston and DC),…

Chris Dorobek recently interviewed David Behen, the Chief Information Officer at Michigan’s Department of Technology, Management and Budget on the DorobekINSIDER.

I've been following discussions on GovLoop over the past several months on whether government should fund innovation initiatives and how it could do so during tough fiscal conditions, so I was really interested in hearing about Behen's experience of getting the innovation fund off the ground in a state that has been hit hard…

Before you think this article is one you perhaps shouldn’t be reading as a government professional, let me define office mushrooms for you. I’m not talking about the fungus, but rather the saying about how some companies treat their employees – keeping them in the dark and feeding them garbage.



It’s a good way to grow mushrooms both in and out of the office and it…

RedStarResume produced a list of Power Words they claim “will increase your chances of getting hired by 80%!”

While I can’t attest to this claim, their list is full of action verbs that help writers paint an excellent verbal picture of their work experience; this makes it a LOT easier for those who read resumes to see that you…

On today’s program for…

How the Personal Becomes Political: Will 2012 Become the Next Surge for Women?

In 1991 my mother and I moved to DC from Kansas City, Missouri.  I was 13 years old and it would be the first time that I had ever lived anywhere but the house that I grew up in.  My mother was the Regional Counsel for FTA and was being transferred to the Chief Counsel's office.  I grew up knowing strong empowered women, because my mother had broken a few glass ceilings of her own - while…

I was recently asked to present at an Institute For Employment Studies event for corporate HR and Heads of Learning & Development. The slides I used are embedded at the end of this bog, and also available at Slideshare and …

Photo by Sarah G. via Flickr



How is it that even ideas we know to be true, we cannot somehow accept?



For example:



- We know that working efficiently for one hour is more valuable than working inefficiently for eight. Yet we resist…

The U.S. military is increasingly being called on to build communities -- in Iran and Afghanistan. Veterans are now doing that here at home -- The 6th Branch-- a group formed by a group of veterans and they are using their skills they learned…

7 Lessons from the GSA Scandal, Finding the Right Career and Vets Rebuilding Communities by GovLoop Insights

On the program today for Wednesday April 11th, 2012

• Why that GSA conference matters to all of government. You'll get…

The GSA conference scandal is bad for GSA and bad for government in general. Lavish spending in a time of extreme budget cuts doesn’t help anyone.

But there are some lessons to be learned. Tom Fox is the Vice President for Leadership and Innovation at…