How to Recruit Stellar Managers
But recruiting isn’t just a one-way street, and hiring managers aren’t the only ones making decisions. Potential candidates are deciding if the agency is a good fit for them and if they want to be managers.
Career
6 Strategies for Managing Group Conflict
Open conflict, tense meetings, and burned bridges are all too common at work. If you’re thrown into an awkward situation with the expectation that you can make it better, try some of these strategies and see if they work for you. What other methods have you used to diffuse tough work situations?
Want to Improve Your Workplace? Have Fun!
Engaging your team for that time will not only allow them the space to relax and clear their mind for that time but will continue its impact in job satisfaction even after the ‘fun’.
The Upside to Being Downsized
For me, these three activities have helped me deal with the loss of a job as I tried to figure out what was next for me. What follows is an example of how you can use these steps to work through the loss of a job as you direct your career down a different path.
5 Steps to Land a Job During the Holidays
When it comes to job searching during the holidays, the generational consensus is that this is one of the worst times to try to land a position. While in some industries, this may be true, the good news is that holiday job searching is not as hopeless as it sounds. Here are 5 steps to… Read more »
Cloud-Based Human Capital Management to Support a Changing Government Workforce
Agencies are adjusting to managing multiple generations while also planning for two key issues: the pending retirements of seasoned workers and grappling with work-life balance issues for employees who are empowered to work anytime, anywhere on any device.
How Security Cleared Personnel Can Set Themselves Apart at Hiring Events
In today’s IT job market, more and more roles are requiring employees to possess an active security clearance. However, it can be costly for companies to sponsor employees to obtain a security clearance and to train them to develop the desired skill sets necessary for a particular role. Consequently, the demand for experienced professionals withRead… Read more »
Finding Team Strengths
How can we harness the unique strengths of these workers to maximize the impact this new team will have on the mission of the agency while minimizing their weaknesses?
5 Ways to Be More Active at a Sedentary Job
Ever feel like you spend way too much time sitting on your bottom and not enough time up and about? There are many simple ways to add activity into your daily work routine. Keep reading for five ways to stay active even at a desk job!
Becoming a Change Leader – Building Guiding Coalition
Regardless of our position or experience, we all have blinds spots. We all have assumptions and beliefs that filter how we see the world. Without help from others, it’s nearly impossible to overcome our blinds spots.