Best of USAJobs May 3
Welcome to GovLoop’s latest edition of our exciting federal employment opportunities roundup for the week of May 3, 2019 on USAJobs.
Career
Why Employee Recognition Isn’t Working
Employee recognition programs work when they are used to recognize and reward achieving performance goals. Recognition, however, does not work well when organizations try to use large organizational programs to make employees feel valued individually.
GovLoop Says Thanks to Public Servants At Free Lunch Event
On Wednesday, GovLoop hosted its “Food Trucks of Thanks” event, a tradition that offers free lunch to public servants to show appreciation for the work they do.
The Future Employee in the Digital Workplace
In the next few years, the digital workplace should be an organizational priority, as the workplace transformation is the key to longevity.
5 Tips for Developing Indirect Influence
To drive change, often you have to get people who don’t work for you to work for you. Here are five tips that will help your idea gain traction.
Guiding a Group Through a Problem-Solving Session
Dealing with the “how” of creating an event that gets everyone engaged in co-creating a solution.
Accomplishments: The Answer to Your Hiring, Promotion Woes
Scores of people fail to enter or advance careers in government workforces daily. Why? The culprit might be how they share their accomplishments.
Federal Employment: Enter With “Eyes Open”
Before facing unfair treatment in the workplace make learning your legal rights and your redress options a top priority.
The Power of a Vision Checklist
An effective vision is a powerful beacon that inspires every member of the organization and counteracts the centrifugal forces of self-interest and cynicism.
In Defence of the Government Extracurricular
Today’s ideal civil services are lean and mean, spread thin but agile, with staff cultivating resilience, change and time management skills, and adaptability like never before in this century. What does this mean for government “extracurriculars”?