Careers in Federal Libraries Google Group

There is a very active Google Group for Careers in Federal Libraries. The group includes offers for resume reviews, job postings, links to public presentations, scholarship and award information, as well as notices of upcoming information sessions in this area of libraries.If you are looking for employment in this area, or are just interested in investigating the opportunities, I strongly recommend that you join their group.

Streamlining the Federal (US) Hiring Process

The US President has mandated hiring reforms for the federal public service and all of the reforms must by in effect by November 1, 2010. This release from NACE explains some of the changes to the process and provides several links for people looking for work with the federal government or for people who assist in researching these career opportunities

More job satisfaction in the private sector?

This 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey examines government employees in relation to public sector employees and found that in several areas, private sector employees experienced more satisfaction than their public sector counterparts, though the race was very close and tied in some cases.

• Both sectors tied at 86% with I like the work that I do.
• For How satisfied are you with your involvement in decisions that affect your work?, 55% positive responses for Team Gov and 58% positive responses for Team Private
• And for Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your job? 72% of government respondents offered a positive response while 75% of private sector respondents replied positively.

Spotted on Government Executive.

Potential changes to the hiring of graduate students into US Federal positions?

These two articles appeared on a message from WRK4US and I felt that they may be helpful to some librarians, and librarians who help grad students research work options.

• Agencies urged to hire more graduate students non-competitively
• OPM launches tool to cut red tape in hiring