At the beginning of his administration, President Barack Obama said he wanted to make federal service ‘cool’. Office of Personnel Director John Berry has been working on that task — and the Partnership for Public…
What can the Senior Executive Service do to turn itself around, and begin living up to expectations? We’ve heard a lot this week about a report that the Partnership For Public Service and Booz Allen…
A lot of young people have shown an interest in working for the federal government. One of the best ways to get a full-time job is to land a great internship. The Partnership for Public…
A lot of young people have shown an interest in working for the federal government — but many are discouraged when they find out how long it can take to get a federal job. The…
FedExperience launched last fall. It is a pilot project with the Department of Treasury, which is designed to help the federal government develop models to bring experienced talent into public service. Tim McManus is the…
Throughout the week, we’ve been telling you about the best place to work survey, and so often, most of the attention goes to the big agencies. But what about the small agencies. We spoke with…
The Federal Government could be hiring as many as 600,000 workers over the next four years. We learn more from Tim McManus with the Partnership for Public Service.
Recently, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing called Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce. Tim McManus…
The federal government wants to recruit new employees, but it isn’t easy. There are plenty of people who want T to work for the federal government. The problem is getting off square one — the…
The Senate voted yesterday to approve a bill yesterday to expand community service programs like Americorps, and could increase the number of positions to 250,000. The bill is now called the “Senator Edward M. Kennedy…
The federal government is looking at incentives that will attract and retain older, more experienced workers.
The Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009 would fund graduate-level education in mission-critical fields. In exchange, the graduate would have a service commitment to federal government. The legislation for Roosevelt Scholars was introduced in the last…
Even as the private sector is tightening its belt…the public sector continues to hire! We talked about it with Tim McManus, the Executive Vice President of Outreach and Education at the Partnership for Public Service.
The security clearance process for feds has been improving over the past several months, but now the Obama Administration is looking to hire six-thousand new employees. Tim McManus is Vice President of Education and Outreach…
If you could pick, what would be your ideal job? The Partnership for Public Service asked this question of young college students and grads — and found that the federal government might be an “ideal…