7 Tips to Ask Your Boss for More Training
How can you be proactive in pursuing career development opportunities? Here are some tips for how to sell your pitch and increase your chances of success.
Posts By Irene Koo
The Biggest Interview Question — What’s Your Biggest Weakness? (Part 2)
While there is certainly no “right” answer to the weakness interview question, there are certain responses interviewees should take care to avoid.
4 Articles on Women in Tech
These four articles from September address some of the challenges women continue to face in tech—from hiring biases, to a persistent and toxic “boys’-club” culture, to overt sexual harassment and intimidation—and what some women are doing about it.
Enabling Digital Transformation in Government
This post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s latest research brief, Enabling Digital Transformation in Government. Digital transformation — the updating of information technology solutions and services — is one of the highest priorities for government today. Given its potential to improve citizen services, cut procurement costs and improve productivity, federal agencies are aggressively pursuing thisRead… Read more »
You Attended a Training — Now What?
Merely attending or participating in these experiences, unfortunately, doesn’t mean that you will automatically see results. So, after attending a training, how do you ensure that you are effectively implementing what you learned and transferring new knowledge to your career?
Bringing the Cloud to Your Community
Cloud computing provides a simple way for state and local government to access servers, storage, databases and other application services over the internet.
The Biggest Interview Question — What’s Your Biggest Weakness? (Part 1)
Knowing and articulating your weaknesses is always difficult, much less in the middle of an interview. When you have been trying to present yourself in the best possible light, being asked to reveal vulnerabilities to a potential employer might give you pause.
Improving Productivity Through IT Innovation
For Thursday’s online training, “IT Innovation and How to Get There,” GovLoop brought together experts Shashank Khandelwhal, Director of Cloud.gov at 18F, and Jason Adolf, Industry Practice Lead for Appian’s Federal Business, to discuss some of the challenges of digital transformation and strategies to achieve innovation.
Do What You Love?
It’s important to remember that it’s okay not to be sure, and not to have an answer to the question, “What do you want to do for the rest of your life?” It’s okay if your first job or first major internship isn’t necessarily the career of your dreams.
Practicing Mindful Leadership
Taking the time to reflect, ground ourselves and practice self-care has a positive impact on both our professional development and our overall well-being. Though mindfulness won’t necessarily eliminate the stressors in our lives and workplace, it gives us the tools “to handle our stress and worry in a healthier way.”