Monster Government Solutions

It is hard to believe that the year is coming to an end and soon we’ll be in 2010. As 2009 comes to a close, we thought now would be a good time to take a look back and reflect on the issues that impacted government HR practices both on the federal and public sector and education sectors.

Here are the highlights from the year that stood out to us from this past year:

• When President Obama said, “Change is here”, there was a huge opportunity for state and local governments to take advantage of stimulus dollars and invest them into developing High Performance Workforces that could re-energize the economy. States like Ohio and Tallahassee created programs that did just that.
• The federal government also faced a great deal of challenges this past year. The Partnership for Public Service released its report on Where the Jobs Are, which outlined thousands of positions that needed to be filled within the federal government. Recruiting the right talent to fill these jobs and creating a positive experience at the beginning of employment has been a challenge for federal HR departments.
• This past year, there has also been a stronger emphasis in the federal government placed on hiring military spouses and veterans, hiring reform initiatives. Recently the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a regulation that requires federal agencies to evaluate their training programs for improvements that will result in creating better managers.  The regulation appears to be right in step with President Obama’s message to transform the federal government into the nation’s model workplace.
• In the education market, training students to meet the demands of the job market and train future workforces is critical. Programs and grants have been put into place as part of the stimulus dollars to invest back into education to help students in the race to the top.

There is no doubt that 2009 was a year where change has started to take place in how government agencies recruit and retain and how states and local government developed partnerships with educators and economic development boards to boost workforces.

What will 2010 bring? We hope the change continues and we are dedicated to helping our customers as they improve their processes.

Happy holidays to all of our Unleash the Monster readers!

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