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Gen Y Shakes Up Government
<em>The Washington Post</em> on Saturday had a great <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606461_3.html?hpid=artslot&sid=ST2010080700240">article</a> about how the younger generation is shaking up the federal workplace with their tendencies to take risks, connect socially online and share information across boundaries. The Obama administration is hoping to fill up to 60,000 entry-level federal jobs within the next year, and government personnel experts believe that in 10 years, 400,000 of the 2 million federal workers will be younger than 35.
Digital Government
DOT Appeals to Gen Y Online
The Transportation Department is using a variety of technology tools to attract and retain the younger generation of workers, and the <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launch of its new online social network</a> is just the latest example of that, agency officials told Wired Workplace on Wednesday.
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Launching Your Own IdeaHub
The Transportation Department on Tuesday <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launched IdeaHub</a>, an online community where its 55,000 employees across the country can share and collaborate on new ideas. And thus far, employees have been embracing the new online platform with open arms.
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Performance Pay for Cyber Pros?
The government must institute some type of performance-based pay system in order to retain the expertise critical to combating cyber threats, an expert on cybersecurity human capital said Thursday.
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Reaching Gen Y
When it comes to attracting the younger generation to the federal workforce, the federal government can look to some of the best practices in the private sector for ideas. Pamela Evans, global digital marketing manager at IBM, told Wired Workplace last week that the key to IBM's success in recruiting and retaining the younger generation is simply getting to their level, which often means reaching out online.
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DOT Launches Online IdeaHub
The Transportation Department on Tuesday launched an online community where its employees can share and collaborate on new ideas. The network - called IdeaHub - will enable the department to take employee engagement and innovation to the next level by allowing workers to do something they've never fully been able to do before - share ideas and collaborate with their 55,000 DOT colleagues across the country, according to a <a href="http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/08/ideahub-to-engage-dotemployees-tap-their-expertise.html#more">post</a> by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the department's Fast Lane blog.
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IT Workforce Diversity
Last week, I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/07/diversity_in_it_jobs.php">blogged</a> about the importance of ensuring diversity in the federal information technology workforce, particularly when it comes to recruiting women and other minority groups to federal IT jobs. The Office of Personnel Management on Monday issued proposed regulations that would add a form to federal applications on <http://usajobs.gov>USAJOBS.go</a> that would collect demographic information on applicants.
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Panel Passes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise
A Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill granting civilian federal employees a 2011 pay raise of 1.4 percent.
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IT Job Search Gets Personal
Leading IT jobs website Dice has launched a new social networking site that connects IT job seekers with tech recruiters. The <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/dice_talent_network">Dice Talent Network</a> combines social networking tools with an online job board where employers and IT job professionals can connect directly. For example, employers can communicate via chat or instant message or post job announcements, and tech pros can set up complete social networking profiles and follow and target the companies they want to work for.
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More on OPM's Job Registry
In following up to Thursday's <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/07/nixing_federal_job_registers.php?oref=latest_posts">post</a>, <em>Federal Times</em> <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100729/PERSONNEL02/7290301/1001">reports</a> that Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry has no intention of cancelling the agency's centralized hiring registry program. Berry's comments come one day after an OPM official said that in the seven months since OPM launched its hiring register program -- part of which focuses on IT hiring -- agencies have only hired 71 of about 106,000 qualified job candidates from the registers.
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Nixing Federal Job Registers?
The Office of Personnel Management is considering ending its centralized hiring register program due to a lack of interest among federal agencies. <em>Federal Times</em> <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100728/PERSONNEL02/7280303/1001">reports</a> that in the seven months since OPM launched its hiring register program, agencies have only hired 71 of about 106,000 qualified job candidates from the registers.
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Culture of Innovation
When it comes to changing the culture at federal agencies to support more innovation, it appears as though federal managers could learn a lot from the example being set at the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Bill Invests in Cyber Jobs
A Senate panel on Thursday passed legislation that would expand grants to students who pursue cybersecurity careers and create a public-private center for cybersecurity innovation.
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Diversity in IT Jobs
Several demographic groups remained underrepresented in the federal workforce in fiscal 2009, according to a new report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Speedy Hiring for AF Cyber Pros
The Air Force has authorized federal hiring managers to use a streamlined hiring authority to help speed the process of filling more than 680 cybersecurity jobs. The authority - known as Schedule A - allows jobseekers to be considered for cyber positions without being subject to standard qualification requirements and rating procedures.
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IT Job Perks
Business Insider and Glassdoor.com have teamed up to put together a list of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-best-tech-companies-to-work-for-2010-7">top 25 technology companies to work for</a>. But even given the perks some companies offer, such as gourmet cafeterias, lax dress codes and state-of-the-art fitness facilities, many of the top companies are struggling with the same human resources challenges as the federal government: inadequate compensation, office politics, overbearing middle management and a lack of work-life balance.
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Federal IT Internships Fall Short
When it comes to recruiting and retaining entry-level IT employees, federal agencies often struggle with creating effective internship programs that get students in the door and keep them there. That's according to Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, who is heading up an <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/10/recruiting_11000_new_it_workers.php?oref=search">effort to help agencies recruit, hire and retain entry-level IT workers</a>.
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30,000 Cyber Pros
It's no secret that the federal government is facing a serious shortage of cybersecurity professionals. A new <a href="http://csis.org/files/publication/100720_Lewis_HumanCapital_WEB_BlkWhteVersion.pdf">report</a> by the Center for Strategic and International Studies highlights the seriousness of the issue, both in quality and quantity.
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Improving First-Line Supervisors
Federal agencies are falling short when it comes to selecting, training and supporting first-level supervisors, according to a new report.
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House Panel Clears Training Bill
A House panel on Wednesday passed legislation that would establish basic training standards for federal managers and supervisors.
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