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Here’s How We Might Improve Early Career Recruitment for Federal Jobs
Agency leaders must commit to understanding the gap between early career employees’ expectations, and current recruitment and hiring practices.
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GovExec Daily: Diversity and Inclusion Are Key Parts of Modern Management
Author, CEO and businessman Donald Thompson joins the podcast to discuss how organizations can bring DEI into their work.
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GovExec Daily: The Fight to Codify Civil Service Protections
Dr. Donald Kettl joins the podcast to discuss the future of anti-Schedule F legislation.
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Sen. Kaine is ‘Optimistic’ an Anti-Schedule F Bill Will Get a Floor Vote This Year
The Democratic senator described Republican arguments that the Trump administration’s abortive effort to make thousands of federal workers effectively at-will employees was aimed at dealing with poor performers as “not honest.”
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GovExec Daily: Bureau of Prisons Director Wants to Address Workforce Issues in a 'Meaningful Way'
Courtney Bublé interviews Colette Peters about her role and perceptions about the federal prisons agency.
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VA Employees Launch a 'Rate My Professors' for Federal Supervisors
The new site will allow employees to anonymously review their bosses.
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Poll: Federal Employees Slightly Prefer Democrats in Upcoming Midterms
President Biden's approval rating is slightly underwater among civil servants.
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GovExec Daily: Student Loan Forgiveness and Customer Service
Georgetown University’s Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan join the podcast to discuss the lack of administrative burdens in the new Education Department application.
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Sens. Feinstein and Kaine: Congress Must Act to Protect Federal Workers
The legislators argue that Congress needs to pass legislation that would prevent future presidents from replacing career, nonpartisan federal employees with political appointees.
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GovExec Daily: Countdown to Open Season
Kevin Moss joins the podcast to discuss what feds and annuitants need to know before Open Season starts.
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Federal Employee Advocates and Scholars All Are Urging Congress to Enact Anti-Schedule F Legislation
With the window to pass a bill preventing presidents from unilaterally creating new job classifications closing at the end of the year, good government and federal employee advocates warn of potential grave consequences for inaction.
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IRS Hires 4,000 Customer Service Reps, Citing Inflation Reduction Act
Hiring surge for enforcement personnel likely coming next.
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Environmental Protection Agency Workers File Suit Over Remote Work Policies
EPA workers in the agency's largest region allege that their remote work requests have been unfairly denied.
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Employers Are Concerned About Covering Workers’ Mental Health Needs, Survey Finds
Nearly half of large employers report that increasing numbers of their workers were using mental health services, according to a KFF annual employer survey. Yet almost a third of those employers said their health plan’s network didn’t have enough behavioral health care providers for employees to have timely access to the care they need.
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Social Security Union Rallies Outside the Agency's Headquarters for Funding, Bargaining and Training
An internal survey conducted by the American Federation of Government Employees found that 4 in 10 field office respondents are considering leaving the agency within the next year.
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2 Tricks Will Help You Learn and Remember New Stuff
There are two tried and true strategies to improve your learning, whether you're prepping for an exam or learning a new skill.
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What Workers Want From Their Jobs Other Than Good Pay
Labor researchers say while wages are important, other elements can also help to recruit employees and keep them aboard.
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GovExec Daily: Choosing the Best 2023 Dates to Retire
Tammy Flanagan joins the podcast to discuss her annual best dates to retire column.
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Social Security’s Union Is Calling for $16.5 Billion in Funding and Cooperation from Management
Labor leaders say the only way out of the agency’s staffing crisis is more money and the abandonment of cutthroat collective bargaining tactics by the agency’s Office of Labor-Management and Employee Relations.
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