Comments on: Proposal for improvements to the federal hiring process http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/03/31/proposal-for-improvements-to-the-federal-hiring-process/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ed Powell http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/03/31/proposal-for-improvements-to-the-federal-hiring-process/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Ed Powell Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:48:58 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=629#comment-338 I'm a retired fed and I now work in industry. There is a simple fix to the government hiring problem -- change the civil service to "at will" employment. If you want to make it easy and simple to hire, you need to make it easy and simple to fire. Otherwise, you need to treat each and every 2009 hiring decision for what it is... a multi-million dollar purchase with a "No Return" policy! Would you purchase a multi-million dollar computer system based on a three-page glossy marketing document or would you demand to see detailed technical specifications and capability descriptions? I rest my case! I’m a retired fed and I now work in industry. There is a simple fix to the government hiring problem — change the civil service to “at will” employment. If you want to make it easy and simple to hire, you need to make it easy and simple to fire.

Otherwise, you need to treat each and every 2009 hiring decision for what it is… a multi-million dollar purchase with a “No Return” policy!

Would you purchase a multi-million dollar computer system based on a three-page glossy marketing document or would you demand to see detailed technical specifications and capability descriptions?

I rest my case!

]]> By: Mark Overmann http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/03/31/proposal-for-improvements-to-the-federal-hiring-process/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Mark Overmann Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:32:34 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=629#comment-70 Thanks for reading, Michelline! Who knows where this legislation will actually go, but it is certainly an overdue improvement to the federal hiring process. If both of us have abandoned applying for federal jobs because of the terrible application process, I can only imagine there are many, many more job seekers who have as well. I'll keep you posted when I hear more. Thanks for reading, Michelline! Who knows where this legislation will actually go, but it is certainly an overdue improvement to the federal hiring process. If both of us have abandoned applying for federal jobs because of the terrible application process, I can only imagine there are many, many more job seekers who have as well. I’ll keep you posted when I hear more.

]]> By: Michelline http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/03/31/proposal-for-improvements-to-the-federal-hiring-process/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Michelline Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:51:24 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=629#comment-69 Hi Mark! I'm trying to catch up on your blog. This is great news. I've never seriously pursued a federal job either and always gave up due to the long, complicated process. It was just always easier to whip up a cover letter and send in my resume to a non-profit. I'd love to work for the gov at some point so we'll see where this bill goes. Love the blog. Keep up the great work. -Michelline Hi Mark!

I’m trying to catch up on your blog. This is great news. I’ve never seriously pursued a federal job either and always gave up due to the long, complicated process. It was just always easier to whip up a cover letter and send in my resume to a non-profit. I’d love to work for the gov at some point so we’ll see where this bill goes.

Love the blog. Keep up the great work.

-Michelline

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