Save the KSAs! A Former Human Resources Manager Defends a Trio of Old Friends
It has been suggested that KSAs should be eliminated, but the author disagrees.
It has been suggested that KSAs should be eliminated, but the author disagrees.
Virtually all of the Thrift Savings Plan funds had a positive return in June. The exception: the I fund which is still down more than 31% in the past twelve months.
The last thing you want to have happen is spending all day on your KSA responses, only to find you submitted them in the wrong format and that they didn’t even get reviewed. Here are suggestion to improve your prospects of obtaining the job you want.
A considerably higher pay raise has been authorized for the military which may bump up the 2010 pay raise for federal employees.
Pay-for-performance may prove a boon to government, but experiences to date indicate much groundwork must be laid before assumptions translate into proven successes. “As someone who looks forward to Director Berry’s tenure at OPM, I urge him and his staff to temper their enthusiasm for PFP with the cool-but-conclusive data at hand.”
The bill that would provide credit for unused sick leave for federal employees under the FERS retirement plan and change the pay system for federal employees outside of the continental United States has been passed by the House.
A proposal to allow federal employees under the FERS system to get credit for unused sick leave did not get through the legislative process last year and was recently eliminated in new legislation during the legislative process. The proposal is back again though in a bill that has an assortment of new, improved benefits for portions of the federal workforce.
Federal unions and some congressmen are asking for an executive order reestablishing the partnerships of the Clinton 90s. The author asks if we’d be better served by a stakeholder discussion before leaping into a repeat of a program that had very limited results.
As a federal retiree, you will have an assured source of income. You may find that living abroad offers advantages and a lifestyle unavailable to you here.
Can a federal employee make more money than an elected Member of Congress or the Congressional leadership? What about the pay cap?