On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Faced with private sector competitors, what can the government do to compete in attracting younger workers? Is it money? Recognition? Autonomy? Without a singular solution, one idea seems viable: Activate employees; don’t treat them like baseball cards. We take a look. You can find all of our programs online: DorobekINSIDER.com andRead… Read more »
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How do you plan to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week?
3 steps you can take TODAY to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week: 1. Register for live streaming of Public Service Town Hall: http://pps.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=103945&view=Detail 2. Express your gratitude to colleagues, employees, and/or other civil servants for their work 3. Register for Friday webcast, “Top 10 Ways to Generate Innovation in the Public Sector”, May 9, 2014Read… Read more »
Sign up to lend your voice to the Public Service Recognition Week Thunderclap
Public Service Recognition Week starts this Sunday, May 4, and we need your help! We’ve just launched the first-ever effort to thank public servants virtually via Thunderclap, and we encourage you to take a moment right now to sign up via your Facebook or Twitter accounts. It’s easy to do. Just click Thunderclap. Please alsoRead… Read more »
Public Service Recognition Week – May 4-10, 2014
It’s amazing to me that there are public servants like myself who don’t know about Public Service Recognition Week and/or don’t plan to celebrate this week. The Partnership for Public Service and the Public Employee’s Roundtable sponsor this annual celebration of service. It would be great to have a GovLoop team for the 5K Run/Walk.Read… Read more »
Employee Engagement is Not an HR Function
Now that the White House has declared its intention to improve employee engagement throughout the Federal workforce, it’s a safe bet that we’ll be hearing that term a lot more in the next few years. And it’s an even safer bet that responsibility for this initiative will be tasked out to the human resources officesRead… Read more »
Excellence on Display – The Oscars for Federal Employees
The Service to America Medals are the Oscars of public service awards. The annual awards – by the Partnership for Public Service – are given to outstanding public servants. Last year’s recipients included a NIH scientist who found the superbug infecting patients, a NASA rocket scientist who helped create the Mars Rover and a youngRead… Read more »
Career Development for Government Employees of Every Generation
Picture this as your team of colleagues at your agency: On one hand, you have a promising 27 year old college graduate. They demand both recognition from their peers, as well as long-term challenges appropriate to their career development plan. They require a career plan that will keep a talented and eager young professional excited,Read… Read more »
Employee Retention Doesn’t Just Happen
What employee retention strategies do you use to engage and retain employees? Statistics from research done by the labor bureau show that the average American will hold around 11.3 jobs during their working years. The average number of jobs held is actually going up- especially with Millennials. Eleven may seem like a really high numberRead… Read more »
Celebrating Public Service Recognition Week
This article was originally published on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s online public administration program blog, Inside the MPA@UNC. — During the week of May 5, the Partnership for Public Service hosts Public Service Recognition Week. The event celebrates the work of our nation’s public servants and also educates the public onRead… Read more »
Public Service Recognition Week
This week has been designated by Congress as Public Service Recognition Week, and, as a professional public employee, I want to recognize the thousands of public servants at all levels of government for the services they provide, not just to residents of the United States, but throughout the world. They include aid workers in Africa,Read… Read more »