Everyone longs for a decent job, because it will earn him or her universal recognition and high respect, and hence high social status. However, each and every job should be duly respected as long as they are done with sincerity and honesty. So in my eyes, being a cleaner or a w...
Normally, the private sector does a better job then government because of competition. More specifically, profit-seeking companies fight for our dollars by offering goods and services based on quality and/or price. But even when competition isn’t a big factor – such as the operation of a pa...
objective should be to create a shift in hiring criteria—from a focus on specific skills and experiences toward hiring for competencies and capabilities. the goal isn’t to improve job descriptions, it’s to create an adaptive workforce that evolves along with new technologies. challenge no. 2...
There is one agency in the federal government, the Office of Personnel Management, and their job is to sort of help the entire government understand how to do hiring in the government way. They make up the rules, and we have worked with them at the end of last year and the beginn...
wonky… they are books that focus on the six words that guide me — helping government do its job better. The book we will be discussing is Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times by Nancy Koehn, a professor at the Harvard Business School. The book profiles...
We loved every minute of her tour, especially a dining experience at a restaurant frequented by locals. We only wish we had scheduled more tour days with Haruka — she’s that good. Hiring Hakura was one of the best decisions of our trip. Read m...
I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, but she took it from there and showed me all around the city including great places like Ueno and Shinjuku. She was extremely knowledgeable and nice. I highly recommend hiring her! Read more Written Ja...
And then my new job starts sending me gear, making the whole thing feel very much like cheating. But I do know it isn’t any of those things, I’m just so proud to have been part of this work, these fights for justice for so long, in a city I had no claim to, but now call...
. The study goes on to say that because the new, county-wide district is so large, the existing funding formulas permit the hiring of extra personnel (Assistant Superintendents, Directors, etc.) to offset just about everyone who had been eliminated. There was no consideration of fringe ...
It’s an issue that’s affecting countries around the world and one that, if we don’t get a grip on it in the near future, could have significant repercussions for the UK economy. Data shows that job vacancies focused on digital and tech skills across the UK are exp...