{"id":5187,"date":"2015-12-09T20:23:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2015-12-15T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T20:51:20","slug":"twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"twitter\"<\/a>Everybody tweets.\u00a0 Chances are your employees tweet from their mobile phones while they\u2019re on the clock.\u00a0 Yes, even government employees.\u00a0 Some are probably very good at Twitter, using it to manage their own personal brands and share their own voices.<\/p>\n

In an age where government entities are accused by the public of being insincere when publicizing information, using the voices of the employees of the front lines is a great way to be more authentic.\u00a0 Of course, with any social media platform, as discussed last month with Facebook<\/a>, you can\u2019t just let all your employees start tweeting official government business.\u00a0 Policies and education have to be key.<\/p>\n

Find the Experts<\/h2>\n

Your Twitter experts are already among your ranks.\u00a0 With the rise of social media has come the rise of the social employee.\u00a0 Mark Burgess, a social media guru and professor for Rutgers Online<\/a> who teaches courses in social media marketing, defines a social employee as one who is highly-skilled in social media, a change agent within the organization, highly engaged, and able to integrate both the personal and professional.<\/p>\n

During a TEDTalk in 2014<\/a>, Burgess discussed how to seek out these social employees.\u00a0 As he outlined, they are highly skilled in social media and likely using it on their own time if not already within the organization.\u00a0 It is then the job of the municipal organization to leverage these social employees\u2019 personal activity into professional.<\/p>\n

Do you label all your employees who actively use social media as social employees?\u00a0 Definitely not.\u00a0 At Burgess points out, social employees are ones who will have something to say about the use of social media within the organization.\u00a0 Facebook is a platform for conversations.\u00a0 Twitter is a platform for blasting information.\u00a0 Listen to the employees who know the difference.<\/p>\n

What Next?<\/h2>\n

Once you\u2019ve identified your Twitter experts, what do you do with them?\u00a0 You have to educate them.\u00a0 Burgess suggests following the acronym of L.E.A.P.: Listen, Educate, Activate, Play.\u00a0 You have already listened to them, though this should be a continuing activity.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s time to educate them.<\/p>\n

All organizations, whether public or private, should have a social media policy in place discussing use of platforms like Twitter and Facebook inappropriately.\u00a0 Educating your social employees who will be the voice of your organization means more than just going over employee handbook policy.\u00a0 It means creating a plan for how they will be using Twitter as both their personal and professional platform.<\/p>\n

You may have four employees manning a parking counter, yet one has been designated as a social employee who will tweet updates to the public.\u00a0 These updates can be as simple as letting the public know a co-worker is ill for the day or as complicated as live-tweeting the clearing of a road accident.<\/p>\n

When he was Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Corey Booker<\/a> was a great example of how a social employee can use Twitter effectively.\u00a0 He was known for alerting his employers, the people of Newark, to emergency situations, as well as to responding to their tweets alerting him to community issues.<\/p>\n

Off-the-cuffs tweets are great when things happen in real-time, like updating the public as to the absence of a customer service expert.\u00a0 However, social employees can and should still plan regular tweets to inform their audience of the activity of the organization.<\/p>\n

Facebook can be used by Parks and Recreation for collecting opinions.\u00a0 Twitter can be used by Parks and Rec to share pictures of a new park\u2019s opening, or can integrate with application like Instagram.\u00a0 Twitter can also be integrated with Facebook to populate the latter\u2019s feed with updates.<\/p>\n

If you have an employee who will be tweeting often, consider using an app like Buffer or Hootsuite to schedule posts.\u00a0 Because governments must consider more than just allowing social employees to activate their new positions as ambassadors for the organization, apps like Buffer and Hootsuite allow an opportunity for planning and a little bit of oversight.<\/p>\n

At the same time, just as you should never delete a comment from Facebook, don\u2019t micromanage your employees\u2019 Twitter feeds.\u00a0 If you have done your job in identifying and educating the ones with the most potential, you will have authentic voices for your municipal entity.<\/p>\n

n the end, it behooves the government to think a little like a big corporation.\u00a0 Take a cue from IBM and leverage your expert tweeters into great social employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everybody tweets.\u00a0 Chances are your employees tweet from their mobile phones while they\u2019re on the clock.\u00a0 Yes, even government employees.\u00a0 Some are probably very good at Twitter, using it to manage their own personal brands and share their own voices. In an age where government entities are accused by the public of being insincere when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3046,"featured_media":5188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[10,35],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-government-administration","tag-government-trends"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everybody tweets.\u00a0 Chances are your employees tweet from their mobile phones while they\u2019re on the clock.\u00a0 Yes, even government employees.\u00a0 Some are probably very good at Twitter, using it to manage their own personal brands and share their own voices. In an age where government entities are accused by the public of being insincere when […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Careers in Government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CareersInGovernment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"H.E. James\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hejames1008\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@careersingov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"H.E. James\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"H.E. James\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2c2e8a372f68d36fd2c7838ee6dd129\"},\"headline\":\"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":750,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/twitter.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"government administration\",\"Government trends\"],\"articleSection\":[\"education\\\/training\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/\",\"name\":\"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/twitter.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/twitter.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/twitter.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":334,\"caption\":\"twitter\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Tools\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government Talk\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/newdesign\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"About the Public Sector\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/newdesign\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"education\\\/training\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/newdesign\\\/tools\\\/gov-talk\\\/about-gov\\\/education\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/\",\"name\":\"Careers in Government\",\"description\":\"Oldest and largest, award-winning site for finding jobs in government, education and other public sector agencies. Valuable tools for job seekers and employers.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Careers in Government\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/CIG-horizontal-dark-v2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/CIG-horizontal-dark-v2.png\",\"width\":\"708\",\"height\":\"480\",\"caption\":\"Careers in Government\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/CareersInGovernment\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/careersingov\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/careersingov\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2c2e8a372f68d36fd2c7838ee6dd129\",\"name\":\"H.E. James\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"H.E. James\"},\"description\":\"H.E. James is a writer and researcher living in Boise, Idaho, who has traveled throughout Europe and has spent countless hours in the car travelling the around the United States. She has a varied background, including education and history as well as journalism. She enjoys sharing her passions through the written word. She is currently spending many sleepless nights seeking her graduate degree but always sets aside time to enjoy a good cider.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/hejames1008\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.careersingovernment.com\\\/tools\\\/author\\\/h-e-j\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government","og_description":"Everybody tweets.\u00a0 Chances are your employees tweet from their mobile phones while they\u2019re on the clock.\u00a0 Yes, even government employees.\u00a0 Some are probably very good at Twitter, using it to manage their own personal brands and share their own voices. In an age where government entities are accused by the public of being insincere when […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/","og_site_name":"Careers in Government","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CareersInGovernment","article_published_time":"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":334,"url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"H.E. James","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@hejames1008","twitter_site":"@careersingov","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"H.E. James","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/"},"author":{"name":"H.E. James","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#\/schema\/person\/a2c2e8a372f68d36fd2c7838ee6dd129"},"headline":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How","datePublished":"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/"},"wordCount":750,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg","keywords":["government administration","Government trends"],"articleSection":["education\/training"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/","url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/","name":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How - Careers in Government","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-10T04:23:45+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-15T20:51:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/twitter.jpg","width":500,"height":334,"caption":"twitter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/twitter-basics-for-local-government-the-why-and-how\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Tools","item":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government Talk","item":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/newdesign\/tools\/gov-talk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About the Public Sector","item":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/newdesign\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"education\/training","item":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/newdesign\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Twitter Basics for Local Government: The Why and How"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/","name":"Careers in Government","description":"Oldest and largest, award-winning site for finding jobs in government, education and other public sector agencies. Valuable tools for job seekers and employers.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#organization","name":"Careers in Government","url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CIG-horizontal-dark-v2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CIG-horizontal-dark-v2.png","width":"708","height":"480","caption":"Careers in Government"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CareersInGovernment","https:\/\/x.com\/careersingov","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/careersingov\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/#\/schema\/person\/a2c2e8a372f68d36fd2c7838ee6dd129","name":"H.E. James","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2632e11037a2db2724c8b58f642dd038b77378be99d05be0a892f71dd0720b01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"H.E. James"},"description":"H.E. James is a writer and researcher living in Boise, Idaho, who has traveled throughout Europe and has spent countless hours in the car travelling the around the United States. She has a varied background, including education and history as well as journalism. She enjoys sharing her passions through the written word. She is currently spending many sleepless nights seeking her graduate degree but always sets aside time to enjoy a good cider.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/hejames1008"],"url":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/author\/h-e-j\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3046"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5239,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/5239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}