Federal Cyber Reskilling Program Touts Early Wins But Job Placement Not Concrete
GovLoop heard from Academy participants who credit the program for their newfound cyber skills. For now, they will use those skills in their current roles.
GovLoop heard from Academy participants who credit the program for their newfound cyber skills. For now, they will use those skills in their current roles.
The Trump administration rolled out a new program aimed at retraining federal employees to fill open cybersecurity positions in the government.
Federal CIO Suzette Kent and women IT leaders from across government shared their personal journeys, how they find balance and career lessons.
Three main takeaways from the first-of-its-kind government job fair held in Silver Spring on Nov. 6.
The first-of-its-kind hiring fair brought together more than 1,800 job seekers from 40 states, and hiring managers from 33 federal agencies. The ultimate goal is to fill 500 IT and cybersecurity positions governmentwide.
In writing this series I wanted to know more about the characteristics and qualities IT hiring managers look for in potential candidates. Do they want someone who has previous public sector experience? Someone who has years of private sector experience? Or someone who has every credential known to man?
Here in the UK, the first sighting in public has emerged of the Government’s new overarching ‘UK Public Sector ICT Strategy’ due to be published next month. The strategy has been in development over the last year by the UK Government’s CIO Council (a central co-ordinating body modelled on the Federal CIO Council) and plansRead… Read more »