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  • Charlie Brown and Your Job Search

    Many of our childhood memories of the holidays come from the TV shows that we looked forward to and watched. For many of us, there was only one night during the holiday season when we could watch a holiday special. This was before VHS, DVD, Netflix and Hulu. You could always coun… more

  • Do You Have the Right Skills to be Hired

    Many companies say they aren’t hiring because they’re not finding people with the right skills. This was a hot topic of discussion at the FedTech Outlook 2012 conference. The keywords of mobile, cloud and social were also topics of key interest for the panel of senior women t… more

  • Recruiters: How to Manage Your Talent Pipeline

    With year-end budgeting and the uncertainty of government task orders, you never know if you should be recruiting or updating your resume. Great recruiters know that you are only as good as your most recent hire, and even if you are in a lull, you never let your talent pipeline g… more

  • 6 Recommendations for Improving Security Clearance Management

    [caption id="attachment_4054" align="alignright" width="300"] Tim Clark, Government Executive, Charlie Allen, INSA, John Fitzpatrick, National Archives[/caption] On the whole we’ve slain the dragon of taking months, if not years, to process clearances on the front end. Anecdot… more

  • Is a Search Firm Right for Your Job Search

    First, understand a search firm’s role is to satisfy the employer who pays them by finding a hire who meets the employer's specs. Their role is NOT to get YOU a job. There are two main types of search firms (aka "headhunters") you could work with: contingency and retained. 1.… more