One of my clients walked into our job search team meeting one day and declared: “Persistence. I think it just really takes persistence to get a job today.” The comment started me thinking. What had I noticed about the traits of successful job seekers? What did they seem to have in common? Job seekers whoRead… Read more »
“My life consists of putting up with existing conditions.” Jostein “Old Joe” Hordnes Quote of the Weekend “I’m gonna call you “Blister.” You show up after the work is done.” Trisha Yearwood WordPictures – Phrases That Lit The Bulb!
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a job opportunity announcement for a Lead Mathematician-Statistician (1501 series), in Washington, DC, at the AP-5 level (equivalent to a GS-14). The announcement closes on Nov. 12. Candidates may use the links below for more information and to apply. Duties and qualifications follow the links. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/354518600Read… Read more »
“The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.” – Alan Greenspan Can you imagine not being able to read the words on this page? Sadly that is how many of us are when it comes to money management, it’s something we don’t fully comprehend. Most of us didRead… Read more »
The IBM Center for The Business of Government, is pleased to present a new report, Federal Ideation Program: Challenges and Best Practices, by Professor Gwanhoo Lee, of the Kogod School of Business at American University. The focus of this report, “ideation platforms,” are modern tools predicated on an ancient axiom: “none of us as smartRead… Read more »
Fifty years ago, when someone spoke about the big three, they didn’t think of LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. They weren’t even born. But what did come to mind were GM, Ford and Chrysler. The big three cranked our nearly all the cars sold in America at that time. The 33rd President of the United States,Read… Read more »
I saw the movie “12 Years A Slave.” I have seen other movies on slavery, such as Amistad and Glory, but none were as potent and realistic as this was. I came out with my head full of feelings of pain and injustice, as if I had just lived through those 12 years as aRead… Read more »
The TSP stock funds were mixed last week as the C-fund was the only one that managed a gain. Bonds were down, the small caps lost ground, and because the dollar was up last week, the I-fund was the worst performing fund. Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns through Friday, NovemberRead… Read more »
About Talk And Accomplishment… Talk is usually the beginning, not the end. And… A group document is not a collaborative document. Do you know the difference? About Work – Some new perspective.
Over the last week, we worked on setting up a basic mobile app to display the requirements from the 1991 ADA Law that relate to facilities in the right of way. For the content, we used the requirements and some of the graphics from Chapter 6 of the ADA Toolkit for Local Government. When itRead… Read more »