Hurry Up and Hire Qualified Employees!
In a memorandum released today, President Obama is attempting to improve the Federal recruitment and hiring process. What are your thoughts on this memorandum? Is there anything missing?
Why Government Has a Hard-Time Recruiting at Harvard
Great article on why Harvard kids go to work to Wall Street and not public service jobs. http://baselinescenario.com/2010/05/04/why-do-harvard-kids-head-to-wall-street/ Short story..not money or work. It’s – the process is straight-forward and easy. Here’s a quote “it is simply easier to get a corporate firm job than any other job. By contrast, it’s hard to get aRead… Read more »
Got a Question? GovLoopers Got Your Back (in 60 Mins or Less)!
Start from the bottom up. To paraphase Vanilla Ice: “If you got a problem – yo, we’ll solve it. Check out the Loop while my G-man revolves it.” Comment by Erica A Morin 30 seconds ago Got to love this site. Thanks everyone for this fantastically quick response! Comment by Emi Whittle 21 minutes agoRead… Read more »
Why Aren’t More Local Gov’ts Doing This
We are always looking for Gov’ts that embrace social media and interact with their communities. Well folks it doesn’t get any better than this!
Top 5: Set-Ups for Success Using Social Media for HR
A couple weeks ago, I spoke at the Western Region IPMA-HR Annual Conference in San Diego. The conference theme was “Navigating New Horizons,” so I tried to have some fun with the nautical metaphor, as demonstrated by these slides. NOTE: If you’ve seen my slides before, this is all new material! View more presentations fromRead… Read more »
Top 5 Worst Things To Say In A Meeting
Ever been to a meeting and someone just says something ridiculous. That makes you cringe. Here’s my list of Top 5 worst things to say at a meeting Anybody got any chew? I’d love to take a dip right now…Smokeless tobacco at a meeting…not cool Just one more thing – You know when the meetingRead… Read more »
Notes from the NJ Statehouse
So I spoke at the New Jersey statehouse on GovLoop last week. Here are some notes from the other sessions: -Watched video of Socialnomics -Listening first, selling second -Iran presidential elections -State Department sent social media experts to Russia for diplomatic piece -Mexico- use Twitter to talk about locations where violence has occurred -PR andRead… Read more »
In a Wordle: “I work for the government because…”
When members join GovLoop, they complete the statement “I work for the government because…” In honor of Public Service Recognition Week, I pulled your responses together in the Wordle below. What stands out to you? You can see similar responses in Steve’s “Why Do You Serve? Video Edition” based on videos we captured of peopleRead… Read more »
Why Do You Serve? Video Edition
We told you earlier this week that the GovLoop team would be out Thursday on the National Mall to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week. While we were out and about mixing it up with some important (well they’re all important) public servants we decided to ask them why they chose public service and what wasRead… Read more »
Top 5 Best Places to Have a Government Job
Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks Wow..so my Top 5 Worst Places to Have a Government Job really got people going. Some controversy of my five but such is life with any list. Let’s switch it around and go to the Top 5 places to haveRead… Read more »