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Leadership Development Training Tops Priority List For Government Organizations

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A recent informal survey of government professionals showed that leadership development training is the top priority for government agencies’ training programs, with leadership development the first priority of 28% of respondents for fiscal year 2011, and the first priority of 38% of the respondents for FY12. The informal survey was conducted by American Management Association (AMA) Enterprise Government Solutions.

It makes sense that government organizations are continuing to focus on leadership development and those skills that make a good leader great, with so many baby boomers retiring, and budgets tight. Keep reading →

 /  Published November 29, 2011 at 3:55 PM

Government Job Site Gets Sweeping Overhaul; Data On Monster.com To Move Back To OPM

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The federal government’s centralized job site, USAJobs.gov, is in the final stages of a sweeping overhaul that will reduce a chronic complaint by applicants–the need to re-enter profile data–and give federal manages a better picture of potential candidates.

When it debuts officially October 13, the new version of USAJobs.gov will also represent a significant step forward in data security and integration, according to Angela Bailey, associate director of employee services, at the Office of Personnel Management, which maintains the jobs site. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 1, 2011 at 2:30 PM
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