According to a LinkedIn survey, recruiters say that in 89% of cases where new hires don’t work out, the reason is because people lack soft skills, such as interpersonal communication and time management. We refer to them as “success” skills, and they are crucial for individual and team achievement. This workbook offers worksheets and linksRead… Read more »
When things get hectic, all the little firestorms in your work life can really smart. Let’s figure out how to outsmart them, before you get burned out. We know you didn’t start the fire, but we have resources to teach you to be your own first responder — videos, checklists and advice from seasoned experts.Read… Read more »
Establishing visibility and trust in the workplace helps you strengthen relationships with your colleagues, creates your professional brand and crafts a clear statement about your career goals. Download this quick resource for insight from government and industry experts on how to stand out and create trust in your agency. Download below:
Where do you want your career to go? Making your goals a reality requires a bit of planning. During a recent NextGen online training session, Merrick Krause, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer and Director of Human Capital Strategy at the General Services Administration’s Office of Human Resources Management, suggested making a checklist to ensure you’reRead… Read more »
Get your free copy of this new worksheet to help you craft the perfect personal brand statement.
This worksheet offers expert tips on understanding and working with difficult bosses.
In this online community, we will share resources, create an environment for honest and productive conversations, and host virtual monthly networking sessions to connect.
We created this free, printable worksheet to help you walk through the goal-setting process. It includes key considerations and an outline to help you map where you’re going to take your career in 2021!
Check out these expert tips on responding to and managing change.
In this worksheet, you’ll learn why failure is a necessary step to innovate and improve, and how to embrace it.
Explore tactical steps, activities and practical resources you can take back to your team.
Check out this worksheet featuring expert tips for using data in your career.
Reimagine your workspace.
This worksheet will help you ensure you’re practicing empathy regularly. It features tips on empathetic leadership from expert Allison Wise.
Check out this short video to learn more about imposter syndrome and how you can beat it.
Take a few moments to learn more about OPM’s executive core qualifications (ECQs) and how you can put them to work in order to get to the next level in your public service career.
To better understand this unique situation, we surveyed over 800 government employees in March 2020. Get your free copy of this new report to learn what measures agencies have in place, what cultural challenges the workforce anticipated and what tools employees have to work in this new normal.
Being open to feedback is critically important for growing in our careers. To help you receive feedback, we created a short video.
Learn how to find your professional voice.
GovLoop created this resource to help your agency understand which skills gaps it must address to fill its shortage of cybersecurity professionals.
Read our top five tips to becoming more productive. Then, use them to create your weekly productivity planner and get your job done!
Check out our latest guide to learn how to: Get you manager onboard with teleworking. Choose and implement the tech you need to stay productive. Foster a culture that embraces telework.
By learning how you act in conflict, your conflict management styles, and as well as how your peers react, you can better navigate disagreements.
Use this cheat sheet – part of GovLoops Rock Your Resume bundle of resources – to make sure your resume is formatted, full of buzz words and hitting the right tone to land you that job in the public sector.
This assessment is part of a broader guide for developing strategic workforce plans. It can serve as a practical tool for workforce planning consultants who collaborate with senior leaders, HR, finance, planning and performance staff. The questions in this assessment are meant to help you focus on the effectiveness of performance, hiring and development effortsRead… Read more »
To help those who have served our country, GovLoop has put together this small guide to resources relating to workforce transitions, health care, and benefits for veterans. We hope you find this useful, and we thank you for your service.
If you are a federal employee, you have had to navigate the USAJobs platform at one point or another. And chances are if you are not a federal employee but are interested in becoming one, you have poked around the site as well. Sometimes this experience can be intuitive, but other times it can feelRead… Read more »
The Trump administration released its overarching vision in April for reducing the size and cost of the federal government. In an Office of Management and Budget memo, the administration tasked agencies with making plans to reduce the civilian workforce, maximize employee performance and focus on opportunities to eliminate activities, restructure or merge them. These reformRead… Read more »
We’ve broken down the situations where you would likely use icebreakers into three categories: team meetings, small group trainings, and large group summits. Follow these tips to successfully break the ice at your next meeting, training or summit.
Reference this checklist to make sure you’re exercising emotional intelligence and empathy in the workplace.
Make your first 100 days under the new administration successful and set your pace to achieve your long-term government career goals
As you get further and further into your career, it is easy to fall behind on continuing education. Fortunately, there are certification programs that help people across government continue their education and advance their career. Whether you’re in HR, project management, IT or public affairs, there is a certification program waiting for you!
Download GovLoop’s guide, all about navigating the tricky landscape of a federal career, now!
Download GovLoop’s newest guide, all about how to handle the upcoming Presidential Transition, now!
Take this quiz to determine whether a mentor, coach or champion is the right person to help your career move forward.
Even though they take place in a galaxy far, far away, there’s a lot to learn about leadership from the Star Wars movies. And really, who hasn’t wondered which character you leadership style in most closely in line with? Go ahead and start the quiz now! May the Force be with You.
Looking to land a government job? Or maybe you have a gov gig, but want to take your career to the next level. If this is you, you need to download this government career booster toolkit.