How to Keep Connected While Working on a Virtual Team
Best practices to keep you engaged and effective while working on a virtual team.
Career
Finding Career “Luck”
Where does managing your career fall in your priorities? You cannot it leave it up to your boss to notice all your good work and create a career path for you.
A New Breeding Ground for Gov Tech Talent
Coding boot camps are making it much easier to learn the necessary skills to work as a web developer. Through boot camp courses, government agencies can help their employees learn new, useful skills without having to leave their current jobs.
Meet the Govie Who’s Fast Tracking Citizenship for Immigrants
Immigration has impacted almost all of our lives in one way or another. Whether you are an immigrant yourself or one of your colleagues is trying to help her parents become citizens, we all know how tedious the immigration process can be. Fortunately, there are people like Mariela Melero who are innovating the immigration process… Read more »
How to Prepare for the Upcoming Presidential Transition
What can you do now to position yourself, your co-workers, and the very important work you do for the monumental shift of a presidential transition?
Volunteering as Professional Development
Skills that are developed while volunteering for the nonprofit of your choice easily translate to the workplace.
No, I Can’t Walk Your Dog: How to Overcome the Challenges of Working From Home
How to make working at home work for you.
Mentoring for the Digital Age
I’d encourage all young professionals across all levels of government to leverage the power of video to get their message across and to have leaders at all levels share their insights and advice.
Get to Know Your State and Local Govies
Ever wonder what your fellow state and local govies are doing every day from 9-5? Learn some of the awesome things that our local public servants are doing on a daily basis and get some encouragement on why your public service matters.
What to Do When You’ve Royally Screwed Up at Work (Part 1)
“You’re tackling a typical day in the office, juggling meetings, phone calls, and that hyperactive inbox of yours, when suddenly it hits you – the worst possible feeling to have at work. Your heart drops, your face goes cold, and your adrenaline kicks in. You’ve just realized you’ve made a mistake.” – Ashley Cobert, PublicRead… Read more »