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Bridging the Knowledge and Skills Gap: Tapping Federal Retirees
Article:Responding to the Knowledge and Skills Gap Determining and closing knowledge and skills gaps are important steps toward meeting and strengthening an agency’s mission and goals. The July 1, 2004, human capital goals set forth by Kay Coles James, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), directed federal agencies to identify and to reduce current and future skills gaps in mission-critical occupations and to assure continuity of leadership and knowledge through succession planning and professional development. To help identify these knowledge and skills gaps, a new position has been created throughout the federal government, the “Chief Human Capital Officer” (CHCO). A key component of the CHCO’s responsibility is to develop ways to bridge knowledge and skills gaps
throughout the federal government.
Public Employees Rush to Retire Pay Cuts, Fear of Losing Benefits Trigger Exodus; Governments Save Money, but Lose Expertise
Article:Public employees are retiring at a quickening pace around the U.S., providing a mixed blessing for state and local governments seeking to save money.
The retirements mean employers can shelve some planned layoffs. And some of the departing workers, generally more senior and higher paid, are being replaced by lower-paid employees with less-generous retirement benefits, government officials say. But the loss of veterans threatens to erode the quality of public services that make communities attractive, they say.
Don't Rush Public Sector Job Cuts, Warns CIPD
Article:The Government should approach public sector job cuts with the mindset of a "middle distance runner rather than a sprinter", according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
HR Austerity Panel: Public Sector Employees Won't be Swept Up by Union Rhetoric
Article:Public sector employees are unlikely to get swept up by union calls for "civil disobedience" in response to spending cuts, but HR leaders need to step up their efforts to ensure relationships with staff are open and effective, according to Personnel Today's HR Austerity Panel.
Government's Idea of Innovation? A Crowdsourcing Website
Article:Today the Obama administration formally launched Challenge.gov, a tool that enables government agencies to solicit ideas from the public to solve issues plaguing the country.
I Want You …
Article:Each year, more than 200,000 people leave the U.S. military, flooding the market with a vast pool of high-potential talent.
Are You Looking to HIRE?
Article:One of the hallmarks of the recession is the number of unemployed workers throughout the U.S. These numbers have reached new highs, the likes of which many of us have not seen in our lifetime.
Unemployment Claims Data Adds More Uncertainty
Article:My apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, but the unemployment claims numbers out today and Wall Street’s reaction made me think of that great sea tale that starts out promisingly, then takes a turn into the terrifying.
Military Force Reduction
Article:U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to cut spending on support contractors by more than one-quarter over three years and close a military command in Norfolk, Va., according to Bloomberg News.
Unemployment Rate Holds in July, But That’s all the Good News
Article:The U.S. economy continued to plod along in July, adding 71,000 private sector jobs, but losing 131,000 jobs overall due to the layoff of temporary Census workers. The unemployment rate held at 9.5 percent.
