Steve Ressler, founder of GovLoop.com, shares 20 tips to improve your government career based on the research of the GovLoop community and his personal experience. Tips on personal branding, career mobility, networking, and more.
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Editor's Notes
20 Tips to Improve Networking, Brand, and Beyond
Personal Branding
Networking
Tooling Up
Soft Skills
https://www.govloop.com/how-to-pursue-public-service-without-a-plan/
https://www.govloop.com/how-to-master-the-informational-interview/
https://www.govloop.com/how-to-develop-your-personal-brand/
https://www.govloop.com/mentor-coach-or-champion/
https://www.govloop.com/5-linkedin-groups-every-millennial-should-join/
https://www.govloop.com/early-mistakes-we-made-in-gov/
https://www.govloop.com/lets-talk-honestly-about-networking/
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-PA – Mentor/Mentee Knowledge Transfer (Talent transition)
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Direct knowledge transfer - In Pennsylvania, doing a mentor-mentee matching program that ensures that at least one spcific task/skill is transferred and then over time completely taken over by the mentee
One of the best ways to share knowledge across
generations is through mentoring. Pennsylvania is four years into a program
that pairs cross-generational mentors and mentees for one year. “What makes
this program diferent,” said Honchar, “is that through the course of the year, the
mentor has to ofload one program or project process to the mentee, so that at
the end of the year, the mentee is now trained or actively managing a product
that was previously under the control of the mentor. This process allows us to
share institutional knowledge in a very natural and efective way.” The program
has been so successful there is a months-long waiting list to sign up.
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Civic tech has always been working alongside government, but we’re finally getting to the place of true collaboration and sharing
And we’re also seeing more federal players in the S&L space to help with resource constraints, as well as learn from innovation on the ground