FEVS is not enough. The Office of Personnel Management’s annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) is coming. It will be distributed to federal agencies starting in early May, with goals of gaining insight into how federal employees feel about their jobs, managers, pay and benefits.... [+] Read More
As I speak with federal HR and IT leaders, it’s not difficult to understand their uneasiness around some of the HR software that has been pervasive throughout federal agencies for several years. It’s not necessarily the fact that it’s been less than 3 years since... [+] Read More
The formula for achieving success in today’s always-on, always-evolving talent landscape begins and ends with innovation. Innovation in the (HR) space is a prerequisite for staying ahead of unexpected funding changes while still attracting and recruiting the talent your agency needs to achieve its mission... [+] Read More
Last year, the administration ordered and the congress mandated the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agency to hire 5,000 more agents. That’s quite a challenge for an agency that historically has averaged only 523 new hires a year. Thus, it’s no surprise that the agency... [+] Read More
Last September we hosted our most popular webinar ever — The Road to OMB’s New Mandate: How to Maximize Federal Employee Performance (you can read the post-webinar report here) — with almost 400 attendees. We’re excited to now offer a follow-up in this series —... [+] Read More
The highly anticipated legislation to modernize the federal government’s aging information technology infrastructure via the Modernizing Government Technology Act is now law. When it comes to HR and human capital systems, many agencies having been moving down the modernization path already with benefits such as... [+] Read More
While the end of the year is a good time to review the past 12 months and reflect, it’s also an opportune time to look ahead. Last year we unveiled the Acendre 2017 Federal Government Human Capital Trends to Watch report, and it was one... [+] Read More
The forecast for hiring high-quality employees is hot and getting hotter at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). BOM is Austalia’s national weather, climate and water agency, assisting Australians in dealing with the natural environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunamis and cyclones. The bureau... [+] Read More
Want to improve your organization’s workforce performance? A great place to start is with employee engagement. The challenge – how do you get your employees highly engaged, or to start – move them from disengaged to engaged? In the drive to improve employee performance and... [+] Read More
Another big win. The disruption continues. Acendre’s momentum in the federal talent management space continues, as we add another agency to our growing list of U.S. federal agency customers. Last week, we announced that Acendre will be helping the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a Department... [+] Read More