by Mark F. Weinberg | Feb 2, 2013 | About the Public Sector, Trends
For generations the hallmark of government employment has been rock-steady job security. Career public sector employees often cite job security, together with generous retirement and fringe benefit packages, as factors which initially attracted them to their jobs and...
by Mark F. Weinberg | Feb 2, 2013 | education/training
Aging baby boomers, coupled with early retirement incentives designed to reduce salary loads, are swelling the ranks of retired public service professionals. Despite this crop of 60’s era retirees’ declaration that they would not toil into their advanced years like...
by Corey Hurwitz | Feb 2, 2013 | About the Public Sector, Trends
Government outsourcing, or privatization, is a central strategy to the notion of reengineering government which has been widely discussed and written about since the 1970s. However, while recession-choked cities and counties are now looking closer at outsourcing,...
by Mark F. Weinberg | Feb 2, 2013 | Career Advice, networking/interviewing
For many the job interview may be the most unnerving aspect of acquiring a job. It represents a more intimate exchange than a resume review and is far more subjective than the average civil service exam. Whether little more than a “meet and greet” or a rigorous...
by Corey Hurwitz | Feb 1, 2013 | Innovations, Social Media
Historically, gossip and rumors in the workplace have been vigorously discouraged principally because of their harmful effects on employees and the distractions they cause. The conduit for such idle and mischievous banter was confined largely to hallway whispers and...
