The Leadership Game is a new, recurrent feature about leadership lessons from the world of sports. On Sunday, the world champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the rival San Antonio Spurs in overtime on a last second basket by Jason Terry. It wasn’t the first time Terry had won a game with his crunch time heroics, andRead… Read more »
The demographic of government is rapidly changing, as the Baby Boomer’s near retirement federal agencies need to continue to execute their strategies around human capital. One key area of human capital is recruiting and cultivating talent, which is a critical part of retaining the most innovative and talented employees within the federal government. Talent managementRead… Read more »
A play on the legendary (yup, I said it) 1993 debut album by The Cranberries. It may seem counter-intuitive, but now is the time to launch a robust recruiting strategy for your bureau, office, team, or functional area. It is still a “recruiter’s market” despite incremental job growth, and there’s no better time to capitalizeRead… Read more »
press release Jan. 31, 2012, 1:00 p.m. EST Sprint Leads Wireless Industry in Green Power, Securing No. 13 on EPA Fortune 500(R) Green Power Partner List Only wireless carrier named to National Top 50 OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sprint Nextel /quotes/zigman/240259/quotes/nls/s S +1.28% announced today that the company has movedRead… Read more »
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of Education Released it’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms and Instructions Today!!! Find it here! If you have student loans and you work for the government, non-profit, hospital, attorney, teacher etc…You will want this info. Full info below and at http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PSF.jsp#Q9Downloads – Public Sector Loan Forgiveness Form – Employment Certification WhatRead… Read more »
I estimate, conservatively, that, over the last 10 years, I have reviewed approximately … um…. 10 zillion resumes. At least it feels that way sometimes. At least 90% of those resumes have one thing in common — lackluster descriptions of prior experience. This lack of quality descriptions of professional experience will be a big partRead… Read more »
“When did you first realize you were a designer?” Earlier on this Tuesday night, several friends in the Chicago area got together for pizza and wine and beer (maybe some whiskey, too) and sat around a table at the Coop and we bounced this question around the table. We each sketched a picture to describeRead… Read more »
One of the new and improved features of USAJOBS 3.0 is the ability to make your UPLOADED résumé searchable! This means your résumé saved as a Word document, or PDF, uploaded from your computer under the “Résumé” tab, is now searchable. However, just because you upload your résumé in Word, or a PDF, does notRead… Read more »
Editor’s note: the post below by Anup Ghosh first appeared on the Invincea blog and is republished here with the author’s permission. bg Prediction 2012: Hackers Will Find New Fertile Ground to Pharm Posted by Anup Ghosh on November 29, 2011 Invincea is on record that the year 2011 will go down as the yearRead… Read more »
If you are anything like me, you’ve dealt with three challenges during the holidays – trying to keep from overindulging too much and gaining hard-to-shed pounds; fighting off a recurring cold; and trying to juggle family time with proposals that are due early to mid-January. By the way, I am officially envious if you facedRead… Read more »