Call to Action
Call to Action

Author: Anne Marrelli

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1437937357

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Examines the effectiveness of Fed. first-level supervisors and how well agencies select, develop, and manage them. First-line supervisors, as the nexus between gov¿t. policy and action, are critical to productivity, employee engagement, and workplace fairness. Supervisory positions -- even at the first level -- have distinctive responsibilities and skill requirements. Therefore, it is essential that agencies have valid selection criteria and processes, comprehensive training programs, good communication and support networks, and sound accountability mechanisms for their first-level supervisors. In addition, this report recommends specific measures to improve supervisors management and performance. Charts and tables.

Selecting Supervisors
Selecting Supervisors

Author: United States Civil Service Commission. Test Development and Occupational Research Section

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Published: 1956

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Attracting the Next Generation
Attracting the Next Generation

Author: Laura Shugrue

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-07

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1437902987

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This report identifies how the U.S. government can improve its ability to recruit and hire entry-level professional and administrative employees. To prepare for a potential retirement wave, Federal agencies will likely increase their entry-level hiring to rebuild the pipeline from entry-level positions through the journey-level and beyond. Given this context, it is important to assess how well the Federal hiring process is working, particularly in terms of the Government¿s ability to recruit entry-level new hires from all segments of society and select employees on the basis of merit after fair and open competition. The recommendations in this report focus on how to improve entry-level hiring efforts while also protecting merit. Illustrations.

Making the Right Connections
Making the Right Connections

Author: Susan Tsui Grundmann

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1437982751

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Some abilities needed for Federal jobs may be inherently more difficult to learn than others. Research on mental abilities distinguishes among those that can be developed through training, those that are unresponsive to training, and those that are moderately responsive. This dimension is known as "trainability." This report contrasts employee perceptions of the trainability of job-relevant abilities with research findings about the actual trainability of these abilities. The goal is to help agencies use training resources to enhance individual and organizational performance by highlighting abilities for which training may be less beneficial than other organizational improvement strategies. Charts and tables.