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Survey: CHCOs feel effect of budget crunch on recruiting, training
Budget constraints are top of mind for agency chief human capital officers. And with good reason. CHCOs say they are feeling the effects of the budget crunch, particularly in recruiting, retaining and training employees, according to a Federal News Radio survey. Eugene Hubbard, head of the National Science Foundation's Office of Information and Resource Management, told Federal News Radio the budget squeeze and shrinking workforces mean agency employees are doing more with less to keep pace with the mission.
Tags: Eugene Hubbard , NSF , In Depth , Francis Rose , Jack Moore , management , budget , workforce , HR , pay freeze , morale , recruiting , retention , hiring , exclusive
VA CHCO resigns one day before IG releases conference spending report
John Sepulveda, the chief human capital officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, resigned Sunday. The agency's inspector general is expected to release a final report today on two human resources conferences last year that cost the department $5 million.
Tags: John Sepulveda , VA , people , conference , oversight , IG
DHS surfing the retirement wave, turns focus to leadership, morale
Catherine Emerson, the agency's chief human capital officer, said the annual turnover rate is only 1.35 percent for its 240,000 employees. She said new programs, called Cornerstone and Capstone, are trying to ensure employees have the leadership training necessary for the future. The Coast Guard also is increasing employee engagement as it prepares to move into its new headquarters at St. Elizabeth's in Washington.
Tags: Catherine Emerson , DHS , workforce , recruitment , cybersecurity , diversity , morale , Manson Brown , Coast Guard , management , Leadership training , succession planning , Jason Miller , Francis Rose , Agency of the Month
Agencies, colleges share top recruiting tips in tight budget times
Tighter budgets are impacting agencies' ability to recruit new employees, according to the results of an exclusive Federal News Radio survey. But while budget dollars may be dwindling, agencies still need new hires to fill vacancies caused by retirements and others leaving civil service. Federal recruiters and college advisers say there are certain cost-effective and innovative techniques that work better than others when it comes to finding the next generation of federal employees.
Tags: recruitment , DoD , DHS , OPM , Pathways Program , Tim McManus , Partnership for Public Service , Jennifer Carignan , American University , Christine Cruzvergara , George Mason University , Tara Duprey , Georgetown University , National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terroris , Sara Fishering , University of Maryland , Student Training and Academic Recruitment , Carin Otero , Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Servic , Sheila Reid Dent , Michael OConnell , workforce , hiring , exclusive
Medina advocates better CHCO communication to stop budget axe
Federal chief human capital officers should develop a consistent message about the effects of budget cuts on human resources, said CHCO Council Executive Director Kathryn Medina. The goal is to explain the tangible effects of spending reductions on core agency missions.
Tags: workforce , budget , Partnership for Public Service , Grant Thornton , Kathryn Medina , Ruben Gomez
Compensation, hiring policies in need of overhaul
Shrinking budgets and a tough economy are posing problems for federal chief human capital officers, according to a new survey by the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton. The report makes multiple recommendations as agencies struggle to replace a quickly retiring workforce and deal with staffing reductions due to budget constraints.
Tags: hiring , workforce , survey , Partnership for Pubic Service , Federal Drive
USDA takes direct approach to managing workforce, reducing costs
Billy Milton, chief human capital officer at the USDA, tells The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about the Agriculture Department's successful approach to managing its workforce in tough budgetary times.
Tags: Billy Milton , Tom Vilsack , USDA , retirement , pay and benefits , workforce , management , Federal Drive , Senior Executive Service , Michael OConnell , VERA , VISA , VSIP
How to make 'smart' cuts to the federal workforce
Whether the strategy is reducing personnel, consolidating offices or investing IT, "every one of them impacts people," said Ron Sanders, the former chief human capital officer for the Director of National Intelligence and now the executive adviser for Booz Allen Hamilton.
Tags: Ron Sanders , ODNI , Booz Allen Hamilton , Partnership for Public Service , Federal Drive
Only 2.3 percent of college students plan to work for federal government, survey finds
A survey of more than 35,000 college and university students found only 2.3 percent plan to work in the federal government after leaving school.
Tags: Partnership for Public Service , workforce , recruiting , hiring , NACE , STEM
