More information from John Berry on Executive Order 13562: On December 27, 2010, President Obama signed Executive Order 13562 entitled “Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates.” The principal purpose of the order is to establish a comprehensive structure to help the Federal Government be more competitive in recruiting and hiring talented individuals who areRead… Read more »
There is a great old George Harrison song, which is titled “If you don’t know where you are going, anyroad will get you there.” Presumably, there is a corollary “if you know where you are going make sureyou pick a road that gets you there”. Moving forward without any direction appears to be the preferredmethodRead… Read more »
I was honored to spend the last 2 days at Syracuse University with MPA and PhD students in Public Administration, IT, and Public Diplomacy. I had two lunches, 1 dinner, 2 coffee breaks with specific small groups of students, a career talk to 30 students, and a presentation to 100 students about Gov 2.0. IRead… Read more »
Persistence…. Everybody says it’s needed but it truly is. Life is hard. Nobody says “yes” the first time no matter how awesome, easy it is. Whether that is applying for a job, launching a new program, being a Morman missionary, or doing sales. The Event – We had a great event yesterday where we raisedRead… Read more »
I’m often times questioned of where I find my energy and the motivation to keep pressing at my job. Well, I guess that’s because I’m a) 26 years old and b) there’s a lot to be thankful for. I know! We’re not at Thanksgiving yet- Halloween is still 2 weeks away! But in all seriousnessRead… Read more »
I have the maximum number of saved resumes on USAJOBS. I’ve used each one at least once, but am using one particular resume significantly more, since I’ve recently started applying for similar jobs. That one resume is the one that I would like to customize as you’ve suggested. I don’t mind purging the other resumesRead… Read more »
Like many of you, I was horrified by the recent NY Times article on the effects of drastic cuts in local and state government. “Reductions in force” (as government layoffs are called) have had a major impact on communities around the nation. So for, layoffs seemt to have mainly occurred in local and state governmentRead… Read more »
When I first met Matt of CampusGov and we talked about the need for a public service scholarship, I had no idea it would work so great. During the last few months, we’ve had a great run with hundreds of applicants, some really great essays, and hundreds of votes from the community . We areRead… Read more »
At the YGL/GovLoop Next Generation of Government Summit 7/6-7/7, we have a ton of great speakers talking about opportunities for young leaders to change government. One speaker is Rob Salkowitz who wrote the awesome Wiley-publish book “Young World Rising: How Youth Technology and Entrepreneurship is Changing the World” We did a quick interview where weRead… Read more »
Hey – Lily Whiteman (One of our speakers for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit and Author of How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job) recently talked with Human Resources IQ on “Strategic Tips for Creating a Personal Brand” – which is the name of session Lily’s talking about at Next Gen Gov Summit Listen toRead… Read more »