Managing Your Government Career

Managing Your Government Career

Author: Stewart Liff

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 2009-03-20

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0814412734

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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.


Beyond a Government of Strangers

Beyond a Government of Strangers

Author: Robert Maranto

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780739110904

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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.


Managing Your Legal Career

Managing Your Legal Career

Author: Richard Lee Hermann

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781604429008

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To compete in today's tight job market, you need up-to-date, reliable information on how to manage this phase of your legal career. This thorough guide--divided into short, specific sections that touch on what you'll need to do before your new job hunt, while you're looking, as you're sitting in the interview, once you've gotten an offer, and everything in between--covers everything you need to know.


Managing Your Career in Nursing

Managing Your Career in Nursing

Author: Frances C. Henderson

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780887376290

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Career options have never been more complex or diverse. Students, staff nurses, nurse administrators, managers, entrepreneurs and career counselors need expert career management to survive in the rapidly changing health care marketplace. Here is a hands-on workbook and a complete overview of current management strategies. This practical resource provides nurses at all levels a solid base from which to direct their personal and professional growth.


Manage Your Career

Manage Your Career

Author: Vijay Sathe

Publisher: Business Expert Press

Published: 2015-05-07

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1631570625

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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.


Managing Your Academic Career

Managing Your Academic Career

Author: Wyn Grant

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0230208606

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This book provides recent entrants to academic jobs in the humanities and social sciences with a guide to success in their chosen career. It covers how to get a job, time management, relations with colleagues, effective teaching, PhD supervision and examining, getting published and career development.


How to Get a Job in the Federal Government

How to Get a Job in the Federal Government

Author: Olivia Crosby

Publisher: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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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.


Manage Your Career

Manage Your Career

Author: Brian Sutton

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2016-09-22

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1473538696

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This book provides all the information and support you need to find your next job; and also helps you to focus on your life and career ambitions, hopes, aims, strengths and potential. It provides an invaluable opportunity to reassess your life and career positively, and empowers you to win jobs. - Researching the job market - Compiling a CV - Selection methods - Interviews - Working for yourself – what you need and what it takes - Finding jobs via the Internet - The Jobseekers' Charter


98 Opportunities to Improve Management in Government

98 Opportunities to Improve Management in Government

Author: Stewart Liff

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2014-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1523097078

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98 Opportunities to Be a 100 Percent Better Government Manager Government managers face myriad challenges every day. Whether dealing with an ever-shrinking pool of resources or the threat of sequestration and shutdowns, the government manager must work to maximize staff performance to meet mission objectives. Now, supervisors, managers, and leaders have some help. In this new book, veteran government leader, trainer, and author Stewart Liff offers practical and proven guidance aimed at helping people at every level of the organization. First-line managers as well as top agency leaders will find Liff's actionable suggestions invaluable in dealing with a broad spectrum of issues, including: + People management + Performance management + Resource management + Systems design + Organizational politics Each of the 98 opportunities—and the included strategies, tools, techniques, and tips to help you take advantage of them—is valuable in and of itself. Together they provide a complete guide to managing effectively in the federal workplace. Do your part to change government—one opportunity at a time!


United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

Author: Us Congress

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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The Plum Book is published by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Oversight and Reform alternately after each Presidential election. The Plum Book is used to identify Presidential appointed and other positions within the Federal Government. The publication lists over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials. The Plum Book was first published in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election.