Part 4 – The WorkPast Parts (Part 3, Part 2, Part 1) So if you gotten going for awhile and now it is essential to focus on the work you are doing. Here are a couple suggestions: 1 – Ask questions – As you are new, it is okay to ask a lot of questions.Read… Read more »
Part 3 – The People Past Parts (Part 2, Part 1) Ahh…The most important part and the hardest part for a new person. As a new person, one must walk a line but learn quickly the people dynamic: 1 – Don’t pick sides too early – It’s key that early in your career that youRead… Read more »
Part 2 – The Rules Past: Part 1 Next there are a number of informal and formal rules you will have to figure out quickly 1 – Time – Spend the first week figuring out when people generally get to work and leave work. How long people are taking for lunch, etc . While thereRead… Read more »
5 Part Series for New Employees Your new to government and you are wondering…wow…what do I do now.. Any new job is a transition (especially a first job out of college) and government is no different. As such, here is the Mr. GovLoop 5 part guide to getting going…. Part 1 – The Basics ThereRead… Read more »
Paper by Chris Rasmussen recently released via FOIA Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in the U.S. Intelligence Community View more documents from GovLoop.
Congratulations! You landed a job with the Federal government. You are a GS-14, or a GS-12, or whatever. You may even supervise some people. You worked hard to get where you are and you are not going to let the stigma that Federal employees are the enemy get you down. But remember this- you areRead… Read more »
Top 5 – Ways to Look Important at the Office I’m writing a little series on Top 5s. I’ll write my top 5s on various topics and I encourage you to write yours. Appearance can be everything. People don’t know what you are really doing so it is important to “look important”. Here’s my 5Read… Read more »
Public Sector is Multi-Sector. Do you believe it? As I wrote previously, I believe that public sector is multi-sector. I continuously see my friends and colleagues who are passionate about public service do it from a number of angles. Some are government employees. Some are contractors. Some are authors. Some run non-profits. But all trulyRead… Read more »
Who Are Your Peers? GovLoop is all about connecting the government community. Federal, state, local Govies. Public policy students/profs. Good contractors and good government non-profits. So I think of those in government as my peers. But I wonder what others do. Who do you think our your peers? Government folks in your agency? Gov’t typesRead… Read more »