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Public Sector HR

Local HR Meeting and Talk on the Flu

October 15, 2009

The local IPMA-HR Chapter meeting has been set for Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30am at the Brecksville Community Center. Karen Seidman, R.N., M.P.H., consultant to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, will review the basics of seasonal flu and pandemic flu and share current information about vaccine and antiviral medicine. Cost will be $10 for members and $15 for [...]

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Job Loss in Government

October 12, 2009

I find it extremely difficult to predict the future. Everytime I try to I am wrong.
So I provide this report from IPMA-HR on job losses in the government. There are of course two issues. One how many losses will there be over the next two years. Two, how will this impact the relative ratio of government [...]

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All a Twitter

September 24, 2009

We have previously discussed the phenomena of employers searching social network sites for information on job candidates. The September issue of IPMA HR News report on a CareerBuilder Survey that finds 45% of employers use social network sites to research job candidates, up from 22%.
Of those:

29% use FaceBook
26% LinkedIn
21% MySpace
11% Blogs
7% Twitter

My question would be what [...]

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Senior Leadership in the Federal Government

September 23, 2009

The Partnership for Public Service has done a lot of really good work on HR issues in government. In the most recent (September) issue of IPMA HR News Magazine, Bob Lavigna has an excellent article on senior leadership in the federal government. The main points of the article can apply to many organizations:

Many leaders have [...]

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Future Trends in Public Sector HR

September 22, 2009

The newest issue of HR NEWS from IPMA-HR includes an intriguing article on “What’s on the Minds of HR Directors.” My version of their summary is:

The economy – the effects of the recession will be felt for a long time
Public safety departments are not sharing equally in cuts
When openings exist, there are large numbers of applicants
Few [...]

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Workforce Planning in the Public Sector

September 14, 2009

I serve on an IPMA-HR committee that recently looked at Workforce Planning in the public sector. The 2009 IPMA-HR Benchmarking Committee Survey on Workforce and Succession Planning is now available on the website at: http://www.ipma-hr.org/content.cfm?pageid=42. More than 300 members completed the survey which describes how workforce and succession plans are created and implemented. New this [...]

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Local HR Meeting for the Public Sector – IPMA

September 11, 2009

The fall series of meetings is starting. Start marking your calendars. The next local IPMA-HR meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30am at the Brecksville Community Center. The speaker will be Karen Seidman, R.N., M.P.H., consultant to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, who has been working with the various aspects of pandemic [...]

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Generational Issues

July 14, 2009

Generational issues remain a hot top in human resource management. Predictions regarding baby boomer behavior are especialy important in workforce and succession planning. This leads into the topic of the impacts of the economy on retirement. Counter to the predictions of many, the retirement age for men has been falling. However, financial issues may lead [...]

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New Haven Decision on Firefighter Promotions

June 29, 2009

The New Haven decision is in. I guess you never want to say a predictable decision, but it probably was:
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race. The ruling reverses a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals-court judge. [...]

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Public Sector HR Certification

May 20, 2009

If you are interested in public sector hr certification, IPMA-HR offers professional certification designed specifically for public sector human resources professional.IPMA-HR offers two certification designations:
IPMA-Certified Professional (IPMA-CP) for HR “generalists.”
IPMA-Certified Specialist (IPMA-CS) for HR professionals who specialize in any number of highly technical skill areas – Employee Labor Relations, Employee Selection, Organizational and Employee Development, [...]

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