Hiring/Retention

  • A recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report says woman face significant obstacles, including bias, when it comes to hiring and advancement in the federal workforce.

    December 24, 2013
  • Evan Lesser, founder and director of Clearance Jobs.com will discuss the state of the clearance job market and what's ahead in the new year. December 20, 2013 (Encore presentation December 27, 2013 and January 3, 2014)

    December 20, 2013
  • Julie Perkins and Jenny Mattingley host a roundtable discussion of the big issues in the federal government and what's ahead for 2014. December 6, 2013

    December 06, 2013
  • Linda Rix, co-CEO of Avue Technologies will discuss how uncertainty in the federal marketplace is stifling government innovation. December 6, 2013 (Encore presentation December 13, 2013)

    December 06, 2013
  • Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator and Community Resilience director for Arlington County Virginia, will discuss how the county is being impacted by base closure and realignment, and what officials are doing to boost job growth in the area. November 29, 2013

    November 29, 2013
  • The Office of Personnel Management is helping agencies come up with ways to recruit new federal hires from the pipeline of national-service programs, such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps. In July, President Barack Obama called for expanding national volunteer opportunities by finding ways to connect the broad network of national and community-service organizations with federal agencies and their missions. As part of that effort, OPM was tasked with coming up with recruiting strategies agencies can use to recruit new hires with past experience in national-service programs.

    November 18, 2013
  • Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator and Community Resilience director for Arlington County Virginia, will discuss how the county is being impacted by base closure and realignment, and what officials are doing to boost job growth in the area. November 1, 2013 (Encore presentation November 8, 2013

    November 01, 2013
  • Jenny Mattingly, hosts a rountable discussion of the government shutdown and its impact on feds. October 18, 2013

    October 18, 2013
  • Host Derrick Dortch talks about the recent government shutdown with Linda Rix, co-CEO of Avue Technologies. October 18, 2013 (Encore presentation October 25, 2013)

    October 18, 2013
  • A tally totaling the costs of the government shutdown on the Defense Department only includes lost work-hours from civilian furloughs, not additional government costs from interest payments, contract delays or other impacts from the shutdown. AFGE and NTEU are asking agencies to speed up back pay to federal workers.

    October 18, 2013
  • Reopening the government isn't going to be just like flipping on a switch. he repercussions of the shutdown will be felt for a long time to come.

    October 15, 2013
  • Evan Lesser, founder and director of Clearance Jobs.com, will discuss the impact of the government shutdown on contractors and employees with security clearances. October 11, 2013

    October 11, 2013
  • The American Legion's Mark Walker and Phillip Selleh from the VA Business Accelerator will discuss programs and initiatives to help veterans find jobs. October 4, 2013

    October 04, 2013
  • Linda Rix, co-CEO of Avue Technologies, will discuss a new program her company has started to help firefighters, and new regulations for contractors. September 20, 2013

    September 20, 2013
  • The American Legion's Mark Walker and Phillip Selleh from the VA Business Accelerator will discuss programs and initiatives to help veterans find jobs. September 13, 2013

    September 13, 2013