Following OPM’s REDI Roadmap

Following OPM’s REDI Roadmap

Are you REDI? The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) asked that question in their recently launched REDI Roadmap initiative. REDI is an acronym that stands for recruitment, engagement, diversity, and innovation. The concept behind it is to build a federal workforce...

Reducing the Cost of Government Contracts Starts in the Classroom

Reducing the Cost of Government Contracts Starts in the Classroom

When many people think about government contracting, stories about hammers or toilet seats purchased for use by the military and costing thousands of dollars and huge project cost overruns is often what comes to mind. Are excessive costs typical? Over the last few...

Group Interview: Stand Out in the Crowd

Group Interview: Stand Out in the Crowd

For many of us, job interviews are nerve wracking enough without having to sit in a room full of other candidates gunning for the same job. However, group interviews are becoming more common for employers to use as an initial screening tool, so it is important for job...

How to Make the Most of Your Mentor

How to Make the Most of Your Mentor

Personal relationships are the best way to make connections in a career and to learn about specific professions and jobs. If you have a personal connection with someone higher up in your field, that kind of mentor-mentee relationship can be invaluable – but only if...

Money Vs. Welfare: The Government Role

Money Vs. Welfare: The Government Role

Today there are very few things money can’t buy. If we’re sentenced to a jail term in California, we can actually buy a prison cell upgrade. And in Washington, long queues form for key congressional hearings. To avoid waiting in the rain, lobbyists pay companies to...

How To Leap Into The Unknown With Confidence

How To Leap Into The Unknown With Confidence

Changing jobs and careers, starting a new adventure in your working life or returning to work after a prolonged absence can all feel like being a trapeze artist. Taking a leap into the unknown feels risky. How can you leap into the unknown with more confidence?...

Information Governance Insights: Part 2

Information Governance Insights: Part 2

In last month’s article we laid out the basic framework for understanding what Information Governance is and what we are trying to accomplish with a program. The next step in the process is for the Executive Champion to bring together the key individuals that deal...

Does this Desk make me look fat?

Does this Desk make me look fat?

As many of you can attest the mindless paperwork that accounts for the majority of the work we do as civil servants is a must in order to prove we worked and deliver the transparency required of people working in the public trust. Not sure about the rest of you but I...

6 Tips to Hire a Professional Resume Writer

6 Tips to Hire a Professional Resume Writer

Being at the top of your game in your current profession or position is fantastic. In fact, it’s the best to seek new employment. After all, your confidence is soaring, your results are spot on, and your successes are easy to reference.    Having a balanced and...

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