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- Are You Ready for Pay for Performance?
- The federal government is in the process of implementing pay-for-performance systems in many Federal agencies, including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Several Federal agencies already have these systems in place, either through OPM-approved demonstration projects or special legislation. And these systems could be implemented throughout the...
- White papers 2006-03-27
- 10 Ways To Screw Up A Job Interview
- If you manage to come through a job interview without messing up and damaging your chances you are going to be ahead of most of your competition. Throughout the interview process, keep in mind that the process is a competition. You do not have to be perfect, just better than...
- White papers 2008-03-18
- Pay-for-Performance Faces Tough Road in Federal Environment
- A thoughtful and comprehensive new report on pay for performance in the federal government concludes that one of the biggest obstacles to implementing a new pay system is "To overcome cynicism and distrust among federal employees" about a pay for performance system. The problems cited by federal workers in the...
- White papers 2004-11-18
- Making Pay-For-Performance Pay Off
- As the Congress and the administration move toward institutionalizing "Pay-for-performance" throughout the federal sector the Departments of Defense DoD and Homeland Security DHS are the vanguard agencies for widespread introduction of this concept. As their implementing regulations are about to be revealed, doubts and concerns within government are reaching tsunami...
- White papers 2005-07-20
- Pay for Performance in Agencies Trying It Out
- The topic of pay for performance has been making news throughout the federal human resources management arena because of the plans by the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense to implement pay for performance systems as part of their human resources management reinvention initiatives. Gene Rouleau & Associates...
- White papers 2004-11-09
- Here's a Quarter, (Call Someone Who Cares)
- The federal government's personnel structure is vast and complex. Any large organization can expect to have a complex human resources system when an organization is spread throughout the country and the world with thousands or millions of employees. Different skills are used, employees will be under different pay systems, new...
- White papers 2006-03-10
- Making Pay-for-Performance Pay Off, Part 2
- To date, managers have relied on human resources HR offices to determine salaries grades and employee longevity to determine salary increases within those grades. Under pay banding and pay-for-performance such decisions will be vested in line management for the first time. Beyond these new demands on line management lies another...
- White papers 2005-07-24
- Pay for Performance: Problems and Possible Solutions
- Since the implementation of the Civil Service Reform Act CSRA of 1978, the average federal employee performance rating has increased dramatically. OPM estimates that the average rating federal government-wide is now 4.5 out of 5.0. And, in some DoD and other agencies, the average rating is around 4.75. With so...
- White papers 2004-09-21
- "Good Old Boys" and Pay for Performance
- What is the "Good old boy" network and when did it exist in the federal government's human resources system? It is the example used by a large number of readers to describe their fear of a pay for performance system. No one has ever said when the "good old boy"...
- White papers 2005-04-26
- Uncle Sam as an Employer: Attractive Prospects But Execution Is Questionable
- While job security and benefits are a primary concern of today's workforce, many new employees are not too concerned about these issues when they first start a new job. For many baby boomers who were leaving college in the decade of the 60's and 70's, a primary attraction of government...
- White papers 2006-02-16
- Making Pay-for-Performance Pay Off (Part 3)
- As the Bush administration's initiatives to establish "Pay-for-performance" move toward implementation, questions and doubts prevail. In previous papers, suggestions were made concerning the changes in selection, training, and priorities needed to maximize the possibility of successful implementation. What remains to be examined is a new appraisal system designed to support...
- White papers 2005-07-27
- Changing the Civil Service - For Better or Worse
- Most federal employees are anticipating or dreading major changes to the human resources system. The changes rapidly approaching for employees in the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security are likely to be more far-reaching than the changes brought about by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. The...
- White papers 2005-06-13
- Full Employment for DOD HR Specialists and Attorneys
- Research reveals that most employees sincerely believe they are above average, if not outstanding. So who wants to have to tell their spouse they're getting little or no raise because they got a less-than-outstanding rating? Organizational results in government agencies are often more affected by the vagaries of political decisions...
- White papers 2003-11-30
- Pay, Performance, Money and Bureaucracy
- The federal government is moving toward a pay for performance system. Those who have been in or around government for the past twenty-five years will have a sense of deja vu in the current drive to increase productivity and reward employees based on performance instead of how long a person...
- White papers 2004-08-17
- Pay, Performance and Change: Is the Sky Falling on the Federal Civil Service?
- In the large bureaucracy that makes up the federal government, it is usually easier to have a system that generates fewer complaints. Unhappy people can and do create problems. Those that benefit the most from a system don't complain or file grievances. High performing achievers may quickly see other opportunities...
- White papers 2006-03-29
- Are You Ready For A Competency Based Interview?
- Competency based also known as behavioral interviews are gaining popularity for federal positions. These are not the old fashioned questions we have run into in the past. When you are asked a competency based question, the interviewer will be expecting a concrete example as part of your answer. Interview training...
- White papers 2009-05-12
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