***** 12/14 UPDATE ****** We’re at the halfway point and you’ve raised $2,800! See below for how to reach our goal of $5,000! Casey Williams, Scholarship Winner All 2010-11 FEEA Scholarship Winners As you know, GovLoop is a “do good, do well” kind of community. So in the spirit of holiday giving, I am proudRead… Read more »
A lot of job seekers assume that the holidays stretching from Thanksgiving until after the New Year are a time to put their job search on hold. If you tell yourself no employers hire over the holidays, no employers interview during December, everyone is physically (or mentally) on vacation…stop! Sure the festive nature of theRead… Read more »
For the past few decades, respect for those choosing a career in public service has definitely waned. Following President Obama’s announcement of freezing pay for federal workers, the debate about the value and future role of federal employees will certainly become a lightening rod issue for Congress and the media. Having begun my career workingRead… Read more »
PSA contests can produce some really interesting results and they can be innovative and creative in ways that the sponsoring organizations often can’t. Moreover, the user-generated messaging has the potential to resonate with target audiences much more effectively than with campaigns that are broader and more diffuse in their approach. With the recent establishment ofRead… Read more »
This blog was originally posted http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org. It outlines a great program in Tulsa, OK that training the type of Cybersecurity experts the U.S needs right now to be leaders in the field. The following is the first few paragraphs of the article written by Siri Carpenter. Click here for the full article which I wouldRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Last week, I wrote about Michael Agger’s article, “How should we use data to improve our lives?” He’s since collected a host of interesting suggestions, and you should check it out and even add your own. American Libraries presents 11 trends for 2011, including quite a few that are relevant for the GovRead… Read more »
A post by Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s career strategist So there you are, trying to figure out what jobs in the civilian world will be worthwhile. And here I am, regularly talking success stories and research…. With all the potential careers available, how do you start to choose? First steps are to think about what yourRead… Read more »
Please Note: This post is an oldie but a goodie that we’ve brought back for your conversational enjoyment! ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Holiday travel is in full effect and after traveling through 15 airports this fall for the GovUp tour I was obligated to face my traveling pet peeves. In every airport it amazed me how impatient weRead… Read more »
I’m sitting in the airport right now waiting for my flight to Miami. (Yes, I’m writing on vacation — workaholics die hard). Anyways, I met an elderly woman who lived with her husband in 1951 Post-War Japan. Apparently, she used to have dinner with Ms. MacArthur and helped run an orphanage for the children ofRead… Read more »
This is the season when a lot of people are taking vacation time—which naturally means coming back to hundreds (if not thousands) of waiting emails and trying to catch up on a backed up RSS feed. What amazes me is how the field of Gov 2.0 journalism is both maturing, and underdeveloped. Maturing, because weRead… Read more »