With all the tweets, blogging, and Facebook posting, is anyone listening? Social media seems to be all the rage but to be a valuable tool for business and government, people have listen to what others are saying as well as to be posting. That’s hard to do with the huge volume of messages out there.Read… Read more »
Patra Frame is ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist. She is an experienced human resources executive and founder of Strategies for Human Resources. Patra is an Air Force veteran and charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. When I give career development seminars, there are often questions about age discrimination. Yes, discrimination is illegal.Read… Read more »
This post isn’t based on a poll I’ve conducted or some rigorous methodology, rather it has evolved out of conversations I’ve had with friends, thought leaders I’ve run into, articles I’ve read and polls I’ve seen in passing. As most people know the development of the oil sands is a thorny issue in Canada. TheRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command is seeking wearable stress sensors powered by soldiers. More here. During a visit by a visit by a Chinese defense minister, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said that the US and China must work together to avoid unleashingRead… Read more »
I thought this infogram had huge relevance to governments, as well as to corporations, so have posted it to ensure it doesn’t get missed by people in the daily hurley-burley. The infogram provides some excellent suggestions on the strengths and weaknesses of various social media services and when to use each. Find out more atRead… Read more »
This Mother’s Day, we encourage you to congratulate and give the gift of thanks to those mothers who have quit smoking and to offer support to those who are trying to quit. Beatrice, a mom who successfully quit smoking, shares why motherhood motivated her to quit for good: “When my son was 11, he wroteRead… Read more »
Reposted from: http://www.govtransformers.com/james-ferreira All my life, I’ve been passionate about social justice. In 2006, I proudly became the CIO for New Mexico Attorney General Gary King, where I help make our operations as efficient and transparent as possible.One of the most important responsibilities at the Attorney General’s office is to review and give feedback toRead… Read more »
Is mobile changing us? The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekersRead… Read more »
(As I teach classes at many of the local government agencies on career search and social media, from time to time I get questions from professionals who are in their career transition. I just got this question this morning from someone in one of my classes about their attendance to our upcoming Cleared Job Fair.Read… Read more »
I just got back from a week of analyzing the ocean and innovating my golf game. I had no option for internet connectivity. Took most of Monday to get through the 600 email messages that weren’t obviously non-actionable. What I noticed was that most projects had continued to develop without my input. Requests for informationRead… Read more »
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