At Unleash the Monster, we are always interested in how job seekers find employment in the federal government and how federal agencies use new ways of thinking to recruit new talent. While we anxiously wait for the Presidential mandate to reduce time-to-hire to bring relief to the process, we continue to keep our eyes open for hiring success stories that feature innovative tactics from both seekers and federal recruiters. [More]
There is a lot of excitement and anticipation for how agencies will be revamping their hiring practices after the recent Presidential mandate to make the hiring process faster and easier. This week, we want to give kudos to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for its use of innovative technology in the recruiting process. [More]
By: Tanya Heffel, ITIL, Hosting, Networking and Operations Director, Monster Government Solutions
The system security requirements that frame hiring for the Federal government are derived from public law, executive order, and regulations of designated agencies of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government. There are many, and when it comes to putting a hiring system in place, the system must comply with the mandated requirements within each of those standards, including NIST and FISMA. [More]
In today’s Washington Post, the Federal Eye includes a Q&A with Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, to discuss public service as part of Public Service Recognition Week. [More]
Last week, the government’s chief performance officer, Jeffrey Zients said that the process for hiring a new employee is too long and needs to be cut in half. On average, it can take roughly five months to hire one new employee. [More]
On Thursday, January 28, 2010, in the Washington Post article, “Officials plan to expand federal hiring despite spending freeze,” officials say federal employment is expected to continue to rise. Although President Obama proposed a federal spending freeze that may impact some federal agencies, the State Department, DHS, DoD and Veterans Affairs will be exempt. [More]
For many agencies, people with disabilities are an overlooked, underutilized pool of talent. Often supervisors think people with disabilities can’t do the job, can’t get to the job, won’t fit in with the team, or will cost more to hire and manage. In reality, agencies that have tapped into this labor pool find a wealth of talented, dedicated, professionals who bring not only the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities, but also diversity in thinking and developing solutions that can really make a difference and improve agency performance. [More]
Despite the fact that the ailing American economy is showing signs of recovery from the recent recession, America’s unemployment rate remains high and has yet to begin to fully recover.
In an effort to help America’s workforce get employed, the US Department of Labor has launched a program to highlight tools available to help job seekers get back to work. The program is called “Tools for America’s Job Seekers Challenge” and is designed to help job seekers find the solutions available to help better position themselves in the workforce as the economy begins to recover. [More]
It is hard to believe that the year is coming to an end and soon we’ll be in 2010. As 2009 comes to a close, we thought now would be a good time to take a look back and reflect on the issues that impacted government HR practices both on the federal and public sector and education sectors.
Here are the highlights from the year that stood out to us from this past year: [More]
As we work to get our economy back on the right track, President Obama has job placement high on his list. In fact, he is calling on America’s CEOs to share lessons learned and offer up their insight into how to accelerate job growth.
We couldn’t ignore a call to action from our fearless leader. In fact, just last week, our CEO, Sal Iannuzzi, took part in a White House forum on jobs and economic growth. Agreeing with President Obama, we at Monster believe that we have a responsibility to help in accelerating job creation in our country. [More]
