Managing Your Government Career

Author : Stewart Liff
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 0814412734
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Your Government Career written by Stewart Liff and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working for the government offers many advantages: great prospects for professional growth, job security, an attractive array of benefits, and the opportunity to help other citizens—but it also presents unique challenges. Managing Your Government Career gives current and future government employees powerful advice for starting out and maneuvering through their entire career. Based on the author’s more than 32 years experience in civil service jobs, as well as his interactions with thousands of government employees, the book helps readers: decide whether working for the government is right for them • understand the differences between federal, state, and local levels • apply, interview for, and get the job they want • take advantage of the training offered • understand the culture • become familiar with local politics • make themselves valuable • develop the right mentors • fluidly transition up the ladder. Packed with indispensable guidance, this is a unique and highly strategic resource for anyone working in government.

Author : Stewart Liff
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 0814414516
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Hiring and Firing Government Employees written by Stewart Liff and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only does government bureaucracy often make hiring a cumbersome, slow-moving process, but poor performers enjoy more protection from losing their jobs than their counterparts outside of government. With over thirty years’ experience as a federal government employee, insider Stewart Liff offers a solution to the government talent shortage--enabling government managers to cut through the red tape and take advantage of the best government employees out there. The Complete Guide to Hiring and Firing Government Employees also teaches readers the equally important skills of efficiently documenting and dealing with those who don't make the cut to ensure your team starts and stays strong. You’ll discover: how to take an anticipatory approach to recruiting; how to decide who to target, and where and how to advertise for open positions; how to screen and interview candidates; how to counsel a poor-performing employee; how to use progressive discipline; how to document a case and write a charge; how to develop internal political support; and much more. Bringing the best new people on board and weeding out the worst are both the most important and the most difficult tasks faced by any employer. For federal managers, the challenge is even greater. Filled with tried-and-true strategies, this step-by-step guide will equip you to continuously uphold, strengthen, and even grow an entire department of high achievers.

Author : Stewart Liff
Publisher : Amacom Books
ISBN 13 : 9780814429938
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Government Employees written by Stewart Liff and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the most dedicated, competent government managers can feel overwhelmed when it comes to motivating and managing their employees. And while they strive for excellence in themselves and in their team, many feel that stringent and convoluted regulations mean their hands are tied when it comes to developing their people. but the truth is that with the right strategies and skills, you can inspire superior performance from your employees - both consistently and effectively. Managing Government Employees offers dozens of techniques for meeting the challenges and stressful situations supervisors face on a daily basis. With the same award-winning tactics that he has learned and applied during his years as a manager in various government agencies, Stewart Liff provides the perfect antidote for managers frustrated by government bureaucracy.

Author : Stewart Liff
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN 13 : 0814416225
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving the Performance of Government Employees written by Stewart Liff and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2011 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stewart Lifflooks at government process as being built around six major systems, separate entities with interdependent needs and purposes. --

Author : Robert Maranto
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739110904
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond a Government of Strangers written by Robert Maranto and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rare exceptions, few large institutions change bosses every two or three years. Yet the U.S. Government has temps on top. American government has 3,000 presidential political appointees and thousands more state and local political appointees, who refer to their in-and-out bosses as 'Christmas help.' Beyond a Government of Strangers is the first book to focus on the men and women who stick around, on the career executives and their own roles in the executive branch. Robert Maranto provides pithy, sage advice on how career bureaucrats can improve tenuous relationships and overcome conflicts with political appointees, especially during presidential transitions, for more effective government from the top down.

Author : Karol Taylor
Publisher : Jist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781593576547
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to America's Federal Jobs written by Karol Taylor and published by Jist Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Dennis V. Damp
Publisher : Bookhaven Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780943641232
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of U.S. Government Jobs written by Dennis V. Damp and published by Bookhaven Press LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-new ninth edition offers job seekers all the tools necessary to landa job with Uncle Sam, this country's largest employer.

Author : Erwin C. Hargrove
Publisher : Studies in Government and Public Policy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impossible Jobs in Public Management written by Erwin C. Hargrove and published by Studies in Government and Public Policy. This book was released on 1990 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think your job is hopelessly difficult, you may be right. Particularly if your job is public administration. Those who study or practice public management know full well the difficulties faced by administrators of complex bureaucratic systems. What they don't know is why some jobs in the public sector are harder than others and how good managers cope with those jobs. Drawing on leadership theory and social psychology, Erwin Hargrove and John Glidewell provide the first systematic analysis of the factors that determine the inherent difficulty of public management jobs and of the coping strategies employed by successful managers. To test their argument, Hargrove and Glidewell focus on those jobs fraught with extreme difficulties—"impossible" jobs. What differentiates impossible from possible jobs are (1) the publicly perceived legitimacy of the commissioner's clientele; (2) the intensity of the conflict among the agency's constituencies; (3) the public's confidence in the authority of the commissioner's profession; and (4) the strength of the agency's "myth," or long-term, idealistic goal. Hargrove and Glidewell flesh out their analysis with six case studies that focus on the roles played by leaders of specific agencies. Each essay summarizes the institutional strengths and weaknesses, specifies what makes the job impossible, and then compares the skills and strategies that incumbents have employed in coping with such jobs. Readers will come away with a thorough understanding of the conflicting social, psychological, and political forces that act on commissioners in impossible jobs.

Author : Olivia Crosby
Publisher : Bureau of Labor Statistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Get a Job in the Federal Government written by Olivia Crosby and published by Bureau of Labor Statistics. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year the federal government hires thousands new employees. If you are interested in working for the federal government the Summer 2004 issue of the Occupational Outlook Quarterly is the publication for you. This beautiful illustrated official government handbook describes the types of jobs available in the Federal civil service, the qualifications required, and how to apply for those jobs.

Author : Vijay Sathe
Publisher : Business Expert Press
ISBN 13 : 1631570625
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manage Your Career written by Vijay Sathe and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Sathe is a great gift, a passionate teacher who cares deeply about the life arc of each individual student. In his vibrant classroom, he translates strategic management into a personal discipline—and here in these pages, he brings to you and me the bene ts of his wise mentorship. —Jim Collins, author of Good to Great This book gives the reader the keys to survival and success as his or her career progresses from one job to the next in the same, or a different, organization—be it for-pro t, nonpro t, government, or volunteer. It is designed to help the reader avoid the many traps and pitfalls encountered along his or her career path and to help facilitate increased personal effectiveness during all three stages of the job cycle—interviewing, new hire, and long-term employment. Whether preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or in early, middle, or later career stages, this book will show the reader how to avoid jobs and organizations that are not a good fit. It will also go beyond survival and show how to achieve success by doing the job well and making other contributions to the organization in ways that improve job performance, satisfaction, happiness, and personal and professional growth. The keys this book provides will work whether the reader is an independent contributor, a manager responsible for the work of others, or an executive responsible for the enterprise. Organizational leaders, human resource professionals, career coaches, and mentors can also utilize this book to educate and train employees to be more productive at work and happy in their worklife.