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The Homeland Security Department is piloting a new tool that would help agency hiring managers and HR specialists write better job announcements for cybersecurity positions. DHS is working with the Office of Personnel Management to test the Cyber Management Support Initiative Push Button with human capital shops at several agencies.
Jeff Neal is certain there are HR organizations that have suffered reductions, but doesn't think it's accurate to assume that applies everywhere.
For a variety of reasons, a large number of people seem to be leaving government for the private sector. Greg Kushto, a former cyber official at the Department of Agriculture and now the director of the Security Practice at Force 3, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin this could mean a brain drain in crucial cybersecurity skills.
Navy has asked for legislative permission to start some new sailors' careers at higher ranks. Some with high levels of in-demand skills would potentially start at the level of captain.
Attracting a skilled federal cyber workforce means getting applicants, agencies and hiring managers on the same page when it comes to mission.
The federal government has enough trouble hiring people, especially young people. It's hard to get millennials in the door, but once you do, how do you keep them? Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, shares a few ideas on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
With leadership transition looming, you might be thinking of making a leap to the private sector. Former Environmental Protection Agency attorney David Edelstein, an associate at Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he made the switch successfully.
The General Services Administration picked 109 vendors for the $11.5 billion unrestricted and small business Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) contracts.
Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin his group is meeting with agency HR leaders on how to export pockets of hiring excellence and export them across the government.
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is the latest federal agency to establish a permanent presence in Silicon Valley. Agencies are feeling the need to be closer to the innovators in order to feed off their energy, get involved in partnerships and stay on top of the cutting edge of innovation.
The Army is cutting more experienced soldiers to reach 450,000 active duty troops by 2018.
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, highlights a new survey from his firm and Federal News Radio about just how ill-prepared federal employees are for retirement.
No contractor wants to hire felons to work on federal contracts. So, they use background checks as part of the hiring process. But that can get you into hot water too if the company policy ends up discriminating against people in legally protected categories. Kenneth Rosenberg, a partner at Fox Rothschild, sheds some light on this subject on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
As part of the Hiring Excellence campaign, OPM is going on the road to speak with the federal HR community in the field. The goal is to better educate HR specialists and hiring managers about the wide variety of authorities and flexibilities they already have to recruit and hire new talent.