Posts By Steve Ressler

Maximize Your LinkedIn Connections

Originally posted at thegovgurus.com: After you register on LinkedIn.com, type the name of your target organization into the site’s search window. You will thereby generate a list of friends, friends-of-friends, and even friends-of-friends-of-friends who work at your target organization. Ask the contacts on your LinkedIn list for additional networking contacts, informational interviews, and leads forRead… Read more »

GovLoop Survey – How Do You Consume News?

The latest GovLoop survey was How Do You Consumer Your News: 12.7% Print News 54.0% Visit Web Sites 30.2% RSS Reader 3.2% Aggregators (Digg/GovZine) 0% Podcasts I find the results pretty interesting. For example, I read a lot of stories about the value and importance of aggregators but at the same time only 3.2% ofRead… Read more »

March Madness Baby! Join the GovLoop Bracket.

****UPDATE – March Madness is LIVE! Join the bracket and make your picks…And Sorry about the bad link in the past….********** I’ve been slacking on my basketball watching this year, but there is time to remedy the situation. In 2 weeks, March Madness will arrive and I’ll be ready. I will use these next twoRead… Read more »

Job Vacancies and Communicating With the Silent Type

Originally posted at thegovgurus.com: An agency contact person is identified on the vacancy announcement of each federal job. Contact the agency contact person for your target job if you have any questions about: · How your application has faired thus far in the selection process. Yes, the agency contact person can and will tell youRead… Read more »

Member of the Week – Barry Everett

This week’s member of the week is Barry Everett, Web Infrastructure, Region 6, EPA. Since the start of GovLoop, Barry has continuously been posting interesting blogs, writing insightful comments, and teaching us about Virtual Worlds. I’ve always been a fan and wanted a chance to learn more about his story. So here we go: 1)Read… Read more »

TheGovGurus’ Present Weekly Best Career Advice

From thegovgurus.com (a GovLoop production) – check it out for top-notch gov’t career advice: Best Weekly Career Advice from Around the Web: Another Excel Tip – Robert Hacker 5 Emerging Trends from The Recession – Penelope Trunk Whose the Lebron James of Your Hiring Mangers – HR Capitalist The Four Biggest Reasons for Generational ConflictRead… Read more »