Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in IC Community
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Yearly Archives: 2010
OFCCP and What it Means to Me as a Job Seeker
A very common complaint at job fairs is that after all the trouble of going to the event, standing in line and then talking to a recruiter, some recruiters will say “go to the website”. (Argh! as Charlie Brown would say.) There are many reasons for this response. First, each company has many different recruitersRead… Read more »
Learning to be Genuine
We generally have a disconnect between the person, business, or agency that we want to be and the reality of who or what we are today. This disconnect is a great thing, an opportunity for growth an opportunity for improvement. However, when not understood, it is also a major pain point, something that leads yourRead… Read more »
Optimization or Maximization?
Last week we competed in the Amateur Rum Internationals in Nassau. Went diving with a couple from England. Chris had been a dairy farmer for over twenty years, then ten years ago he looked at the economics of dairy farming in England and decided there weren’t any. Took his buildings and converted them into “workshops.”Read… Read more »
My favourite Gov2 Resource & Inspiration
I’ve recently been lucky enough to become part of a group of fellow Canadians, who, inspired by the works of giants like Steve Ressler, Chris Rasmussen, Nick Charney and David Eaves decided that we wanted a space of our own to play in. Canadians tend to get lots in the larger Govloop.com space, which isRead… Read more »
An open post to Govloop.ca folks about our next steps….
Greetings all, Sadly I wasn’t able to make the Govloop.ca Victoria meet up. Nina forwarded me the to-do list, and, as was declared by the group, I’m willing to take the lead in much of this. Steve has named me interim Canadian Editor of Govloop.com, which basically means I have a few extra passwords. UponRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Coburn wants to repay furloughed DOT workers from Congress’s account
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is blocking Senate passage of a bill that would compensate the roughly 2,000 Transportation Department workers who were furloughed during an impasse over federal funding for highway and transportation projects. Coburn wants to pay the workers back with $1 million from the congressional budget, rather than tapping the federal coffers. ThatRead… Read more »
OPM’s Berry blasts Washington Times editorial on federal pay
Office of Personnel Director John Berry blasted a Friday Washington Times editorial critical of the federal pay system and bonus system. The newspaper criticized the 2.4 percent annual pay raise workers earned earlier this year and $285 million in incentive payments to keep employees from retiring or transferring to other agencies. “The left shrieks aboutRead… Read more »
How Young is Too Young for Social Media?
As many of you know, the birth of my first child (a boy!) is imminent. We just crossed the 39-week mark yesterday and we are just buzzing with excitement in the Krzmarzick household. So I set up a Twitter handle for him already: @WizKidKriz And, of course, I am planning to create a GovLoop profileRead… Read more »
OPM Director Berry furious over federal pay editorial
Throughout the week, Federal News Radio has been covering the debate over federal employee pay. From an analysis in USA Today on Monday, to a rebuttal from the Bureau of Labor Statistics yesterday, there is a lot of anger on both sides of the issue. This morning, The Washington Times printed an editorial, The FederalRead… Read more »