www.homelandsecuritynet.com KABUL — A gunman wearing an Afghan National Army uniform Monday turned his weapon against NATO troops in southern Afghanistan, killing two British soldiers. “The individual who opened fire was killed when coalition forces returned fire,” the International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. “A joint Afghan and ISAF team is investigating theRead… Read more »
The Information Technology (IT) inventory of HR role and position labels is broad and deep. IT position descriptions may be closely associated with actual black box technology (like “Microsft Windows Server 2008 Administrator” or “Storage Area Network (SAN) Engineer”), or they may describe roles in a methodology-driven context required for IT success (“IT Project Manager”,Read… Read more »
At the beginning of the month, I wrote a blog about how a study showed that Facebook may just be a reliable assessment tool for recruiters. It sparked a conversation about whether employers should be using Facebook to screen applicants. Flash forward a couple of weeks, and stories about job seekers being asked for FacebookRead… Read more »
Cyberwar – hype or reality? The end of CSIOs? and the future of Virtual Worlds by GovLoop Insights On today’s show Monday March 26, 2012. It’s a busy week for the DorobekINIDER… Wednesday is Federal Computer Week’s annual Fed 100 Awards gala… some really remarkable winners this year. Here’s the link to the full list.Read… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: A while back we introduced The Project Management Answer Book written by Jeff Furman, PMP to you. I met up with Jeff recently and we recorded this interview in which he recounts all the doors that opened up for him simply because of the fact that heRead… Read more »
Is your Chief Security Information Officer really necessary? That’s the questions being posed by some state and local governments who are looking for ways to cut budgets and save costs. Hord Tipton is the executive director at ISC2. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER show that the CSIO’s duties are in large part beingRead… Read more »
In this 1 hour long webinar Cornelius Fichtner, PMP answers dozens of questions about the PMP Exam. In particular he looks at:– What topics are on the PMP exam and how many questions per topic?– Did the PMP Exam recently change?– Is the PMP exam based on PMBOK® Guide 4th or 5th Edition?– What isRead… Read more »
As a Human Resources professional, I have seen countless review forms in my career. Some good, some bad. Regardless, are they helpful? Some organizations have a culture that promotes reviews as a “check the box” to stop the HR person from hassling them over turning in their reviews. I worked at one organization where IRead… Read more »
Stocks saw modest losses last week, but the upside trends remain intact. We’re entering earnings warnings season so next week, the last week in March, tends to be a little bumpy. For the TSP, the C-fund lost 0.49% last week, the S-fund dropped 0.42%, the I-fund fell 1.48%, while the F-fund (bonds) added 0.22% andRead… Read more »
The cover article in the February issue of Fast Company describes a way of being in which individuals thrive on change and constantly seek new challenges in the workplace. Members of this so called generation flux will change not only jobs but careers every few years, adding skills and experience along the way. Gen fluxRead… Read more »