I love the fresh start of a New Year, the clean slate, the feeling of endless opportunity… It’s the time of year when you plan your accomplishments, and set your hopes high for achieving each one. And you set goals because you know what you want, right? Well let me ask you this…What are youRead… Read more »
I love the fresh start of a New Year, the clean slate, the feeling of endless opportunity… It’s the time of year when you plan your accomplishments, and set your hopes high for achieving each one. And you set goals because you know what you want, right? Well let me ask you this…What are youRead… Read more »
I am at a local library as I am typing this. It has been a long, long haul people. I have been unemployed 30+ months, and I have cut my Internet and TV off to help me survive. I worked very hard this summer and grew nearly all of my own food and canned. ItRead… Read more »
Tune in to the Federal Drive Show tomorrow at 7:20 a.m. I’ll be commenting on a new bill introduced in Congress to provide Critical Sensitive federal employees with MSPB appeal rights — Tune in to Federal Drive
This month we have an infographic showing the rising need and salaries for IT professionals. IT services support a lot of what we do in government, and if we want to ramp up and innovate delivery of our services, IT professionals will play a key role in supporting our efforts. For those thinking about ITRead… Read more »
The principal difference between the 21st century workplace and the 20th century (19th century?) work culture in which so many of us live is flexibility. While some organizations have made a commitment to an outcomes-based approach to meeting mission objectives, others are still stuck in a compliance culture that values by-the-book processes and policies overRead… Read more »
As the holiday season arrives many job seekers make a bad decision – to lessen, or shut down all-together, their job search with the thought they’ll renew and resume their search in the new year. Bad decision! Why? A misunderstanding of how hiring happens. Many job seekers mistakenly believe that employers stop hiring during theRead… Read more »
Ok, a hiring spree might be a bit of a stretch. But the government really is hiring. Despite all the bad publicity, the shutdown, the sequester, the pay freeze, the furloughs, the government really is looking to hire new talent on a daily basis. (You can check out GovLoop’s top job openings here.) However, thereRead… Read more »
Bah-Humbug. Not really, but when it comes to those holiday traditions… Spending money you don’t have, on presents you don’t want to buy, to travel to places you don’t want to go, on entertaining you don’t want to do. Spending time you don’t have, with people you don’t want to see, on holiday traditions youRead… Read more »
Your boxes are packed; you’re ready to go, right? Unfortunately, moving office spaces is not as simple as packing up your favorite pen and timing a new commute. Even in the age of the cloud, telework and BYOD, transferring the operations of your agency into a new space can be a difficult process. Recently, GovLoopRead… Read more »