With the Baby Boomers exiting the workforce, the next generation of the workforce is preparing to take on more leadership roles. Entering leadership roles means new responsibilities will emerge for employees. I’ve identified five core skills needed for future leaders, and skills that will be needed to advance your career. I’ve listed my five skillsRead… Read more »
Government needs to start engaging with talent better. The company Work4 Labs, Inc., has introduced a way for Federal agencies to push their jobs listed on USAJobs directly to their Agency’s Facebook page. Now, candidates can not only view jobs on Facebook, but also have the ability at the job level to see who elseRead… Read more »
Josh Axelrod (College Park, MD) — Thanks to The Social Network, the world knows that Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg isn’t an a**hole…he just tried so hard to be. But when you strip away the personalities, the parts that may or may not have actually happened and the whole Winklevii thing, you have the story ofRead… Read more »
Do you want to engage a worldclass workforce that delivers consistent successes to your organization both now and for the future? If your answer is “Not now” or “We’re not ready to move forward with this”, you’re probably one of the pivital pitfalls in your organization! Ah, but if your answer is “Yes”, first realizeRead… Read more »
This week on the DorobekINSIDER, Chris spoke with Karen Evans, the national director of the US Cyber Challenge. Evans discussed her organization and its mission and unique approach to improving U.S. cybersecurity efforts. The US Cyber Challenge is an online talent competition, developed to help move 10,000 people into the cybersecurity profession. In short:Read… Read more »
On the program today for Tuesday May 22, 2012 Karen Evans, the OMB administrator for e-government and IT, talks about the departure of Howard Schmidt as the first White House cyber-security coordinator and we’ll talk about his replacement. We’re also going to start our series looking at groups that are helping Veterans — theRead… Read more »
The Rutherford County Government in Tennessee has a Technical Support Manager position open with the Rutherford Office of Information Technology in Murfreesboro, TN. Starting salary $61,450 to $66,000 annually, commensurate with experience. June 1 at 12 noon posting deadline. Job description and application instructions: http://www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/hr/jobs.htm
Today’s guest blogger is Frank Stipe. As he prepares close the book on more than thirty years of public service, he reflects on his journey and shares five fundamental things that he feels are the foundation for a rewarding career. In 1972, I graduated from Cal Sate Long Beach and set out to change theRead… Read more »
Recently, I was speaking with a new client who had just spent 43 hours writing her federal résumé and SES narratives. She said after that long she felt like she was writing the same thing over and over, knew there were typos and grammar errors, and just could not fathom reading them for at leastRead… Read more »
Doing more with less. I’ll bet that’s a phrase you’ve heard before, and have probably become skeptical of. As a matter of fact, in response to a recent GovLoop survey, most of you responded that being asked to do more with less is your biggest challenge. On Government Technology, GovLoop president Steve Ressler gave aRead… Read more »