Workforce

  • Susan Fallon, vice president for global strategy and business development for Monster Government Solutions, believes that agencies need to change their approach to build the next generation of workers.

    April 06, 2015
  • Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation\'s capital.

    April 04, 2015
  • Talent acquisition manager Mike Bruni will discuss job trends in the federal government, the kinds of workers that agencies need, and how to land a job in what is a competitive and challenging federal market. April 3, 2015

    April 03, 2015
  • With approximately 30 percent of the federal workforce eligible to retire by 2017, Federal News Radio would like to learn more about the federal retirement experience and what impacts federal employees' decisions to retire. Take our survey today.

    April 02, 2015
  • The Maryland Democrat fielded questions from National Institutes of Health employees at a town-hall meeting at the agency's Bethesda headquarters.

    April 02, 2015
  • Agencies more willing to take on innovative projects and ideas are more likely to get the attention of millennials looking for jobs, according to a follow-up study to the 2014 Best Places to Work report.

    April 02, 2015
  • The latest snapshot of the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government" comes out later today. As it is every year, it's developed by the Partnership for Public for Service, Deloitte and the Hay Group. This year the number crunchers have ranked agencies in terms of how innovative they are. David Dye, a director in Deloitte's Federal Human Capital Group, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain just how to measure something like that — and how important it is.

    April 02, 2015
  • For women who dream of the corner office, now is a good time to work for the federal government, according to a report by the Office of Personnel Management.

    April 01, 2015
  • The ex-Public Buildings Service regional commissioner admitted to charging GSA for a vacation he took at the M Resort Spa Casino Las Vegas.

    April 01, 2015
  • On this edition of “Ask the CHCO”, host Lauren Larson interviews John Gill of the Department of Health and Human Services about the scope of human capital at HHS.

    April 01, 2015
  • Federal jobs are not the easiest or the best-paid, but at least they're secure. Or so the thinking went. That long-held belief is less prevalent today than it once was, particularly among Senior Executive Service members. A 2014 law that gave Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald more leeway to fire SES members has taken a toll on members' morale government-wide. Many are questioning their career choices. That finding comes from a Senior Executives Association survey on the possibility of at-will employment. SEA President Carol Bonosaro discussed it with Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp.

    April 01, 2015
  • The Internal Revenue Service has frozen or severely restricted all new hiring for the past several years in response to budget cuts. But IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told senior agency officials to lift the freeze next year.

    April 01, 2015
  • Members of Congress are pursuing legislation that would make it easier to fire federal employees for misconduct or malfeasance. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the lawmakers are focusing on career civil servants, namely members of the Senior Executive Service.

    April 01, 2015
  • A new survey shows just how jittery Senior Executive Service members are following a landmark law targeting SES members in the Veterans Affairs Department. When asked about at-will employment, SES members questioned their choice of careers and said they would not recommend it to others.

    April 01, 2015