In this example, big data was not required. In fact, just a comparatively little amount of data, properly analyzed and presented to non-technical organizational leaders, can lead to big improvements. The lesson – don’t blindly accept or ask for more data.
It’s been a great year at GovLoop. Our audience has grown to over 250,000+ members, 50,000+ have taken our free training this year, and we’ve gotten to work with the top companies working in government market. Great growth means a need to hire great people. In the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to sortRead… Read more »
Before your next interview, prepare answers to questions that you will probably be asked by interviewers and role-play your answers with your trusted advisors. You will thereby boost your confidence and increase the wow power of your answers.
Over the past decade the men and women that filled critical skills positions in government have been retiring and as a result have taken a vast amount of knowledge with them
“I have no one under the age of 40 in my office,” said a policy analyst from the Department of Veterans Affairs in a recent GovLoop survey. That policy analyst isn’t alone – the government is graying. According to the Office of Personnel Management, the average age of a government employee is 47. At theRead… Read more »
2016 is just around the corner and here at GovLoop, we’re already prepping for the New Year which means: we’re hiring!
Government must use everything at its disposal to attract, hire, and retain the best possible workers. Below, I’ve shared nine low- or no-cost tips on finding the best and brightest for your agency.
So you landed a job interview. Congratulations! You probably beat out dozens, or hundreds, of competitors to rank among the best and the brightest. So go ahead, savor your victory, crank the sound track to Rocky, and run some victory laps around your cube. Then, start preparing for your interview. Why? Because of the paradox… Read more »
The mission statement of the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management is as follows: To recruit, retain, and honor a world-class workforce to serve the American people. It’s certainly an important and noble mandate. Yet with such a wide variation of jobs within the U.S. federal government, from professional to administrative to blue collar toRead… Read more »
In a recent article written for Public Sector Digest, Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director for the City and County of San Francisco cited a committed to public service as a key trait for prospective employees. She points out that the public sector cannot always rival the private sector in terms of monetary compensation and otherRead… Read more »