Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, the hippest place to go if you are looking for a federal job. If you have been following along this past month, you know that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October. They have promised us weekly updates, which we are happy to pass on to you. Here is week four’s update:
USAJobs Update: Week Three
Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, version 3. If you have been following along, you know that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October. They have promised us weekly updates, which I am happy to pass on to you. Here is week three’s update:
“Account Profile features – employment eligibility
New SES performance system scheduled for fall 2011
According to GovExec.com, the Office of Personnel Management is targeting the completion of the design of a new performance management system for senior executives by the end of September 2011. However, experts in the area of expertise seem skeptical as to the timeline. flexibility and practicality of the venture.
Last week, in a memo to federal human resources officials, OPM Director John Berry called the timeline for the design of a standard Senior Executive Service performance management system “very aggressive,” saying agencies would implement the new tool in phases during the next two years to ensure a smooth transition.
Navy Expands Perform-to-Serve to Second-term Sailors
Great news for our Navy men and women who wish to reenlist:
“The Perform to Serve program is a vital element of our Navy’s total force strategy providing an opportunity to keep our best and brightest Sailors in order to meet future fleet and manpower requirements,” said Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson, Chief of Naval Personnel. “The program that empowers our Sailors to perform to serve is now being expanded to include both Zone A and Zone B Sailors.”
Changes Coming to USAJobs.com
If the death of the traditional KSAs wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has a treat coming in October 2011. USAJobs 3.0 will be unveiled at that time, the latest update to one of the federal government’s largest vacancy portals and part of the hiring reform mandated by the president last fall. According to the OPM, what you can expect to see is “improved logic for applicants that asks targeted questions based on previous experience.”
