Miscellaneous

VIDEO: Apps for Heroes Event w/ Dr. Biden

Yesterday Code for America played host to the Apps for Heroes event where various tech industry companies demonstrated their wares for Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. Companies such as Fidelis and JIBE explained the applications they have built to aid our country’s service members’ transition to theRead… Read more »

Tracking social media sharing with Google event tracking

I mentioned a while ago some great training we had with Andrew Hood on Google Analytics. The one big thing that we have followed up is setting up some event tracking. These are actions that involve some kind of interaction with a site usually involving clicking on something. Helpfully the new version of Google AnalyticsRead… Read more »

The Kentucky NARFE Federation of Chapters

The Kentucky NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association) is having a Convention in Hopkinsville Kentucky this spring. The reason I mention it is because we would like to recruit active Federal employees into our Kentucky Federation and that the area (The Land Between the Lakes) has great Crappie fishing in April and AprilRead… Read more »

VIDEO: How to Write a Federal Resume

Kathryn Troutman is the expert when it comes to writing resumes for Federal job announcements. Here’s a GREAT video she produced on “How to Write a Federal Resume”. While it’s focus is on assisting veterans, the guidance Kathryn offers is universal! She gives excellent examples of the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY resumes andRead… Read more »