It’s been a couple years since I was the Community Manager for GovLoop, but I continue to reflect on the problem of “information overload” for government employees, especially as it pertains to an internal system like an LMS, CMS or intranet. We’ve had to address this problem with the GovLoop community as it’s grown overRead… Read more »
Why does the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) poll government employees every year about the best places to work in the federal government? Is it a recruitment tool for those considering public service? To gauge employee satisfaction? Just for fun? Maybe. However, the Partnership for Public Service (PPS), wants the survey to be a sourceRead… Read more »
Traditional recruitment methods, such as websites and online applications, are no longer sufficient. Government agencies have to adapt to new recruitment methods to keep pace with these changes and build their future workforce.
Some of the reasons we avoid the difficult work of inclusion.
In 2014, more than 187 million people conducted about 1 billion searches on USAJobs and submitted about 21 million applications. Here’s what the Office of Personnel Management is doing to improve the user experience.
Take a teaspoon of diversity, mix it with a pint of recognition and embracing differences, and you will be well on your way to creating teams that resemble the taxpayers we serve.
This interviewee was featured in our recent guide, Understanding State and Local Government. To read the guide, click here. We’ve all heard about the aging workforce. The state of Pennsylvania is no exception to the statistics that tell us that well over a third of their workforce will be eligible to retire over the nextRead… Read more »
Today, your training team should include the following roles in either part- or full-time capacity.
Have we idolized the model of individual achievement to the detriment of group success?
Modern discrimination is less about treating other people badly and more about showing preference to people in our in-group.