Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2009

Article Title: Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2009
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"...On May 20, the Partnership released the 2009 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. The rankings released today evaluate employee satisfaction across government in 278 federal agencies and subcomponents. Overall, employee satisfaction is up 2.4 percent..."

Article Reference: bestplacestowork.org

Federal Workforce Hiring

Near-Empty Panel Takes On Hiring Practices
Article Title: Near-Empty Panel Takes On Hiring Practices
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"...Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act would require that agencies keep candidates informed of the status of their applications...."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

Rebooting federal recruiting

Article Title: Rebooting federal recruiting
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"...could take as many as 56,000 additional employees to meet other Army staffing requirements for BRAC, along with needs to support current military operations, and and as many as 4,000 employees needed to oversee Army-related spending from the economic stimulus law. ..."

Article Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com

Jobless rate rises again -- to 8.9 percent

Article Title: Jobless rate rises again -- to 8.9 percent
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"...Government, education and health services continued to show net employment gains in April. But, especially in the government sector, many of the jobs are temporary, such as Census hiring...."

Article Reference: economy.kansascity.com

Building your federal job resume on USAJOBS

Federal Employment Resume & KSA Tips
Article Title:Building your federal job resume on USAJOBS
Article Snip: "...The USAJOBS Resume Builder allows you to create one uniform resume that provides all of the information required by government agencies. Instead of creating multiple resumes in different formats, you can build your resume once and be ready for all job opportunities...."
Article Reference: www.usajobs.gov