Writing an Effective SES Resume
Writing your Senior Executive Service resume will probably be the trickiest one you have ever written. Here are practical tips that may help you in securing one of the most elite and competitive jobs in the country.
Writing your Senior Executive Service resume will probably be the trickiest one you have ever written. Here are practical tips that may help you in securing one of the most elite and competitive jobs in the country.
If an agency cancels an employee’s leave that had been approved, should the agency be liable for the employee’s expenses? An agency and a union agreed to such a provision but it was disapproved by by the agency as being outside the agency’s duty to bargain. A federal court has agreed with that position.
Could the federal government implement a four-day workweek in a month or less? Major changes usually require years with appeals, grievances, court appearances and legislative changes. A Maryland Congressman wants the change to happen quickly.
A drastic decline in union members in the private sector and a dramatically pro-union, anti-business House bill endorsed by Senator Obama may mean that labor relations takes a front seat along with the Iraq War and the economy in the upcoming election. On this issue, the candidates are diametrically opposed. Will backing a strong pro-union law affect a candidate whose slogan is “organize for change” positively or negatively when so many consider unions a vestige of antiquated thinking? You decide.
Inflation is alive and well in the United States. So far, the projected COLA increase for 2009 is 6.2% with another two months to go into the calculation.
The federal bureaucracy can be efficient. The author cites an example of an office improving its statistics, at the expense of its customers, by learning how to work the system to improve its performance metrics.
National polls consistently show Barack Obama as running ahead of John McCain in the race to become the next President of the United States. Past surveys of our readers have revealed changes in voter sentiment before similar results showed up in national polls. That may or may not happen this year but, in this anonymous survey, John McCain finished far ahead of Senator Obama–unlike our earlier survey which showed a very close race. Reader comments reveal the concerns and issues of importance to our readers. The underlying issues cited by many readers are often not discussed in the national media but may play a major role in the 2008 presidential race.
There are some people working in government who are good people and you may like them–they just don’t do the work they are being paid to do. Management often avoids dealing with them. So, how should you deal with these nice people who are not doing their jobs?
An Air Force Air Traffic Control Specialist was fired for not maintaining a certification required by the agency. A court upholds the agency’s right to set requirements, despite the former employee’s assertion that the requirement was “patently unfair.”
It seems no one is happy with the federal pay system. Many employees and federal unions argue that federal employees are significantly underpaid. But not everyone agrees. The average federal employee in 2007 received a pay and benefits package of $116,450–more than twice as much as the average private sector employee.