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Human Resources
Unified Talent Management: A “One Stop Shop” Approach to Workforce Management
A best practice approach towards strengthening your workforce is to implement a unified talent management (UTM) system. The ‘unified’ feature is the most critical element because all talent management functions – recruiting, learning, succession, and more – are housed in one location. This enables each program to “talk” to each other to better manage the… Read more »
DorobekINSIDER: The ‘Gov That Works’ Platform
We are going to try to spur a dialogue — and a good government platform.
Why Job Rotations Are Vital to the Senior Executive Service
Both current and former federal employees argue that SESers need job rotations to grow professionally and prepare to meet the government’s most pressing needs. Elizabeth Kolmstetter, Chief Human Capital Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development is one of those proponents. Her story is one example of the valuable opportunities that come from job… Read more »
4 Ways to Organize Your Agency’s Learning Content Better
It’s been a couple years since I was the Community Manager for GovLoop, but I continue to reflect on the problem of “information overload” for government employees, especially as it pertains to an internal system like an LMS, CMS or intranet. We’ve had to address this problem with the GovLoop community as it’s grown overRead… Read more »
Embracing Data-The Best Places to Work in Federal Gov
Why does the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) poll government employees every year about the best places to work in the federal government? Is it a recruitment tool for those considering public service? To gauge employee satisfaction? Just for fun? Maybe. However, the Partnership for Public Service (PPS), wants the survey to be a sourceRead… Read more »
Innovative Methods Reshaping Government Recruitment
Traditional recruitment methods, such as websites and online applications, are no longer sufficient. Government agencies have to adapt to new recruitment methods to keep pace with these changes and build their future workforce.
The Inconvenience of Inclusion
Some of the reasons we avoid the difficult work of inclusion.
Revamping USAJobs.gov
In 2014, more than 187 million people conducted about 1 billion searches on USAJobs and submitted about 21 million applications. Here’s what the Office of Personnel Management is doing to improve the user experience.
The Google Definition of Team
Take a teaspoon of diversity, mix it with a pint of recognition and embracing differences, and you will be well on your way to creating teams that resemble the taxpayers we serve.