Career

Career

EXCEL 2012: July 31-Aug. 2, Dallas: Expert Training on EEO, ADR, Diversity Management

15th Annual EEOC EXCEL 2012 Examining Conflicts In Employment Laws (EXCEL) *** July 31 – Aug. 2 *** Dallas – Sheraton Hotel http://eeotraining.eeoc.gov/viewpage.aspx?ID=df38df67-1b6b-4297-bf43-7ad46a27b84d How much do you know about and understand equal employment opportunity (EEO) and diversity/inclusion within the Federal workforce? Do you know how to effectively manage and work with all employees regardless ofRead… Read more »

Career, Leadership

Pathways Program

Effective 7/12/2012 – I understand the Pathways Program has started. What I am tying to understand is in working with veterans with 10 points preference will they still be able to get into the program using their preference. I am ready to direct many of our Recent Graduate Veterans to this program and want toRead… Read more »

Career

7 Tips to Land a Job and The Great Myth of the Millennial Generation

This week I spoke at George Washington University to the professional organization, AABPA, American Association for Budget and Program Analysis. The demographic was graduate and undergraduate students from across the country, many of them spending their summer in Washington, DC, as interns for the federal government. My presentation (found below) focused on GovLoop, all ofRead… Read more »

Career

It’s Our 10-Year Anniversary!

It’s the 10-year anniversary of ClearanceJobs.com, and we’re celebrating big – with a $10,000 prize giveaway and lots of special career advice for cleared job seekers. A part of that celebration included reaching out to the 1st job seeker to register at ClearanceJobs, and I have to say, we couldn’t have had a better firstRead… Read more »

Career, Leadership

FEMA’s National Preparedness Month & Award Nominations

September is FEMA’s National Preparedness Month and part of this event is the announcement of the 2012 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards recipients. These awards recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, Citizen Corps Councils, and programs that work to create safer, stronger, and well-prepared communities that can withstand emergency events and disaster. The application period is openRead… Read more »

Career, Leadership

DOI Forums

Have you heard about DOI’s Forum Series? The SES Forums are focused on organizational management and open to SES, GS-15 and GS-14 leaders throughout the Government. The Career, Diversity and Leadership (CDL) Forums are focused on career and personal development. Agencies can buy seats for individual events or on an annual basis for both forumsRead… Read more »

Career, Communications, Project Management, Tech

Recruitment 411: Work World Relics – Trusted Tool on Verge of Extinction?

For the month of July, Eric Erickson will be taking over this blog from Julie. Eric is a communications colleague of Julie’s from the IRS Recruitment office. In the last decade, I’ve seen many changes to how we perform work at the IRS – especially when it comes to how we communicate. When I startedRead… Read more »