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Find Your Federal Job Fit: A Guide for Federal Job Seekers

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Janet M. Ruck

Federal job seekers must articulate their own worth and career ambitions in applications and tie their experience to agency missions and strategies. with hiring reform, 2012 federal jobseekers may have more luck in a streamlined review process. New Years E... More »

Distasteful Duties: Maintaining Order and Discipline

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T. E. Winchell

Public-sector managers find addressing subordinates inappropriate conduct or poor performance to be among their most distasteful duties. They have a greater administrative burden than is typical of their private-sector counter-parts for two reasons: the public-secto... More »

We Want You: Recruiters Target Mission-Critical Talent

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Tim McManus

The public deserves a government with a top-drawer workforce. Thats why recruiting talent is a mission-critical task. Attracting the best and brightest employees to its ranks should be the top priority of the federal government because Americans rely on th... More »

Transforming Government Borders Into Common Ground

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Fred Lang

Boundary Spanning Leadership: Six Practices for Solving Problems, Driving Innovation, and Transforming Organizations Chris Ernst and Donna Chrobot-Mason (McGraw Hill, 2011) The authors of Boundary Spanning Leadership: Six Pr... More »

Managing in a Fishbowl: Closing Federal Leadership Gaps

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Ellen Van Velsor

A new CCL study offers insight into the leadership development needs of government leaders and offers some on-the job solutions to help enhance the skills of current leaders and create leaders for tomorrow. Do you put your staff at ease or do you push them... More »