Federal Manager's Daily Report Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Published by FEDweek, the federal government's largest information resource with now over one million weekly readers to its electronic newsletters.
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Mid-Career Government Hires From Private Sector Increase The number of mid-career candidates -- GS 12 to GS 15 -- hired from outside the government to fill managerial and specialists positions has risen five percentage points over the past three years to 15 percent, according to new report from the Partnership for Public Service, a non-profit that tries to generate interest in government careers. Workers from outside the government are necessary to inject new ideas and perspectives as well as to brace for retirements that will outpace "the number of promotion ready candidates who are already in the federal government," said the report. It said the federal government has become more efficient in attracting external mid-careerists, and that in 2003 it hired 2,476 more people from outside even though fewer jobs were available to them -- in 2000, 21,162 vacancies, or 49 percent, were open to the public and in 2003, 15,719, or 43 percent, were open to the public. The report said agencies vary in both extent and success in advertising and hiring mid-career employees. For example, the Small Business Administration opened up nearly all -- 97.1 percent -- of its mid-career jobs to the public in 2003 but filled just 4.2 percent of them with non-federal candidates. However, the State Department, working to close a civil service gap, filled 22.8 percent of those jobs with external candidates with just 30.8 percent of its jobs available to the public. PPS said further study was needed to determine why the number of hires from outside the government is increasing even while the number of jobs opened to them is decreasing, though of course one indication is that agencies are becoming more efficient in targeting individuals. 2. Report: More Needs to Be Done to Recruit Mid-Career Candidates Even though the number of mid-career hires from outside the government has increased since 2000, 85 percent of those jobs are filled internally, a rate the report says is not sustainable. "With 430,000 fewer civil servants today than in 1990, and a pending retirement boom, the federal government almost certainly won't have the �bench strength' to adequately fill these jobs internally," said the report. It said the federal government has a mid-career skills gap that is "in part the result of almost a decade of downsizing, which left too thin a bench available to fill upper level positions with experienced workers," and noted the need, "to expand the pool of promotion-ready candidates through mid-career hiring and internal development." Just half of mid-career professionals expressed interest in working for the government in a recent, national survey conducted by PPS, and 78 percent agreed that, "the federal government workplace is in desperate need of reform to make it a better place for people to work." According to the survey, 65 percent for college students and recent graduates expressed an interest in working for the government. In order to attract more mid-career professionals, PPS recommended shortening the hire time, and making better use of available hiring flexibilities like recruitment bonuses, relocation bonuses, and direct hire authority for specialized and high-need occupations. The report is available at www.ourpublicservice.org 3. OPM Updates Federal Emergency Guides The Office of Personnel Management has released updated emergency guides for federal employees and managers disclosing the responsibilities of federal agencies and presenting options to prepare for emergencies. The guides recommend establishing telework arrangements, as well as designating emergency personnel and shelter protocols. Federal facilities have individual security considerations that should be taken to protect employees and the "federal managers, decision makers guide," gives general information on practical steps to mitigate harm in the event of an emergency, said OPM. The "federal employee's emergency guide," provides general information on biological, chemical and radiological risks and what can be done to prepare for an emergency event involving these substances. The emergency guides can be found at www.opm.gov/emergency. Published by FEDweek LLC 11551 Nuckols Rd. Suite L Glen Allen, VA 23059 (804) 288-5321 Website: http://www.fedweek.com A 100% Veteran-Owned Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are subscribed to federalmanagersdailyreport as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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