Navigating the Government Career Ladder
Navigate your government career ladder by understanding how to tackle these six common obstacles.
The United States for State and Local Gov
Who is really employed by the government? Who works in those office buildings? And what exactly do they do? Questions about the state of state and local government worker demographics abound. So we decided to take a look at the makeup of the state and local government workforce. While each state and locality is slightlyRead… Read more »
How Telework Makes Better Bosses and Top-Notch Teams
I’ve learned a lot over the last seven years as a full-time teleworking employee – both as a manager and as a member of geographically-dispersed project teams. One of the biggest lessons is that telework forces both managers and team members to hone their communication skills and think more intentionally about the way they get… Read more »
The Digital Government Strategy Timeline
The technology landscape has changed immensely in the past 10 years, and the Federal IT spending has changed right along with it. Many of the technologies that we enjoy both in our government and civilian lives did not even exist in 2001, and the rate of advancement of new tools and toys in the worldRead… Read more »
Understanding the New Pathways Program
Last week, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the proposed regulations for the Pathways Program, a hiring reform initiative designed to “offer students and recent graduates more uniform and transparent pathways to public service” and “improve recruiting and provide for training, mentoring, and career development opportunities.” The original document is nearly 90 pagesRead… Read more »
7 Steps To Social Networking Success
GovLoop recently hosted an awesome online training with Heather Krasna, an expert career coach who has been helping people network and land gigs for many years. As an expert in all things careers and networking, Heather sent us an impressive document, detailing the 7 steps of the networking process. We then transformed it and outRead… Read more »
Rock Your Resume, USAJOBS-Style
Well, here we are: the third post in a series of infographs that transformed content on USAJOBS into works of art. Here are links to the other two: – 4 Winning Tips for a Successful Job Interview – 10 Tips for Letting Federal Employers Know Your Worth By the way, if you like the infographRead… Read more »
10 Tips for Letting Federal Employers Know Your Worth
Two weeks ago, I unveiled a sweet infographic that GovLoop commissioned to spice up some of the resources available at the USAJOBS Info Center. In case you missed it, here’s a link: 4 Winning Tips for a Successful Job Interview In that post, I promised that we would share two more. Well, here’s 2 outRead… Read more »
4 Winning Tips for a Successful Job Interview
A few weeks ago, I was browsing USAJOBS – not because I was looking for a GovGig (I hope Steve just breathed a sigh of relief), but because I wanted to see what kinds of resources were out there for job seekers. I landed on their “Info Center” and discovered a series of tips forRead… Read more »