It’s been a year since the Obama Administration launched a major veteran hiring initiative calling on private industry to partner in an effort to secure employment for military families.
The effort — which has involved the Department of Veterans Affairs and the expanding role of IT in federal agencies — has since resulted in job opportunities for more than 125,000 veterans and their spouses. Keep reading →
The White House gathered the heads of 60 business, labor, municipal, and academic organizations on Friday to announce plans to invest $4 billion in building energy efficiency over the next 24 months, and none of that will be taxpayer money.
Despite some notable improvements over the past year by the Office of Personnel Management to streamline the process for federal hiring, federal job seekers are still often frustrated with, overwhelmed by or puzzled over the complex federal hiring process.
Agency recruiters and prospective job seekers may find at least some insights in how to more successfully navigate that process in a new book, “Find Your Federal Job Fit.” Keep reading →
How many job seekers say, “I want to work for an organization with a poor reputation?” Or, “I want to work at a place where employees don’t get any personal or professional satisfaction?”
Whether looking for a government job or a position in the private sector, the answer is the same. Not many! Keep reading →
As college students, we keep hearing that “times are tough.” In the midst of economic uncertainty, we are studying hard, networking and trying to keep our resumes fresh. We want to work, and for those of us with a passion for public service, the government is our first choice for employment. The problem is that government employment might not be available.
GovLoop member, Amanda Parker, recently completed her Master’s of Public Policy program. Through sacrifice and dedication to her work — and what Parker admits was a stroke of good luck — she secured an internship that she called her “dream job” at a federal agency. Alas, due to budget constraints, she’s afraid her agency won’t be able to convert her to a full-time employee upon completion. Keep reading →
The General Services Administration instituted a new governmentwide telework policy Monday that essentially flips the managerial presumption that employees cannot telecommute to one that presumes they can. It also sets a new benchmark in detailing the government’s mobility and telework guidelines for federal employees and supervisors.
“Work is what we do, not where we are,” the GSA policy states, and a phrase that GSA Administrator Martha Johnson often repeats in her public remarks. Keep reading →
As the Defense Department begins making good on plans to cut upwards of $450 billion from defense budgets over the decade ahead, one thing seems certain: A tidal wave of military personnel will soon be looking for work.
A new report, published on CNNMoney.com however, suggests that men and women in uniform will find a relatively wide assortment of high paying jobs in the market that require many of the specialized skills they learned while serving the nation. Keep reading →
This column originally appeared at GovWin.com.
On September 14, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Jacob Lew issued a formal memorandum to all government agencies to speed up payments to their vendors. This measure, as part of the Prompt Payment Act (PPA), is helpful even though it appears on the surface to be targeted toward helping the struggling economy. Keep reading →
President Barack Obama used social media giant LinkedIn to hold another in a series of electronic town halls Sept. 26 to speak to a studio and online audience about his $450 billion jobs proposal.
The electronic town hall was originally broadcast live via the White House’s website and featured on LinkedIn’s website, accompanied by a discussion thread called “Putting America Back to Work 2011.” Keep reading →
President Barack Obama took to the new media stage at LinkedIn in Silicon Valley this afternoon (Sept. 26) to speak to a studio and online audience about his $450 billion jobs proposal, signaling yet again the president’s knack for harnessing social media to take his message directly to the America public.
The electronic town hall was broadcast live via the White House while also being featured on LinkedIn’s website, along with a discussion thread called “Putting America Back to Work 2011,” hosted on LinkedIn’s website. Keep reading →