Communications

The rise of the Chief Innovation Officer and the grim outlook for federal contractors

On today’s edition of the DorobekINSIDER We have CIOs, CFOs — does there need to be a chief innovation officer? We’ll talk about what the position is and how it might work. Click here for the full story. The outlook for government contractors might be grim, but there are some areas of growth. We’ll takeRead… Read more »

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 »

All Spun Out

Once upon a time, in the grand heyday of advertising, marketing, and communications, all you had to do was find your slogan, develop your logo, and repeat the message as often as possible. Smoking makes you cool. And then two things happened: First, too many marketers spent too much time lying and undermined their ownRead… Read more »

Guide to Social Media Posting

Nice guide to social media posting – written for non-profits but I think fits gov’t as well. General agree although a couple tips I don’t necessarily agree with (like post every other day on FB) (download original at http://topnonprofits.com/posting-guide/) Favorite

Submit a Resume or Get Engaged

I’m surrounded by young people this week. Many of them are holding temporary assignments while they either figure out what they want to do or get a phone call with the right job offer. They’re in USAJobs, applying for jobs, and they are busy comparing and submitting their resumes. “I’m getting good feedback about myRead… Read more »

YouTube Video Length-Research States Shorter is Better

From Marketing Charts.Com (Source below) “While 33% of the most-engaging YouTube campaigns run under 30 seconds, only 11% of campaigns by volume run that length, per findings from a Yesmail Interactive study[download page] released in June 2012. And although YouTube campaigns rose sharply over the 3-month study period – by about 38% to 80 acrossRead… Read more »