Monthly Archives: July 2012
FYI Tidbits // Survey say about Internships and getting jobs after graduating college
Approximately 60 percent of 2012 college graduates who took part in paid internships received at least one job offer, according to results of a new study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
An internship may give you some experience that will help you later in your approach to finding a job but does not necessarily give you an edge in the eyes of employers. NACE found that just one percent more of interns got job offers than did new college graduates with no internship experience.
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About the 2012 Student Survey:
Each year, NACE surveys college students on career-, employment-, and job-search related issues. NACE’s 2012 Student Survey was conducted mid-January through April 30, 2012. Nearly 48,000 college students nationwide, including 15,715 seniors at the bachelor’s degree level, took part in the survey.
Read more/learn more: http://www.recruitingtrends.com/60-percent-of-paid-interns-got-job-offers
FYI Tidbits // Companies Find Fruitful Results When Hiring Autistic Workers
It’s not a charity program, one executive cautions. And supervisor buy-in is crucial. But workers with autism can provide a dedicated, focused workforce in the right setting.
It’s a very real issue among future workers, as a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found that in 2008, one in 88 children had been diagnosed with autism, Asperger syndrome or a related disorder by the age of 8. That’s up from one in 155 in 2002, though experts aren’t sure whether the jump is due to an increasing incidence of the disorder, increased awareness of it or a combination of the two.
Read more/learn more: http://www.workforce.com/article/20120715/NEWS02/120719962/1066/newsletter01#
2012 Status of Telework in the Federal Government
According to the Office of Personnel Management, 21 percent of eligible federal employees telework, up significantly from before the Telework Enhancement Act was passed when just 10 percent of federal employees teleworked.
Excerpts from report:
The signing of the Telework Enhancement Act in December 2010 (the Act), set in motion a transformation of Federal telework that will have the effect of unleashing its potential as a strategic intervention for supporting agency effectiveness. The Act provides a framework of requirements designed to ensure a more systematic implementation of telework in Federal agencies than previously existed and adequate notice to employees of their telework eligibility status. Satisfying these requirements has meant a fundamental shift in how agency stakeholders view and implement telework ~from a strictly individual employee benefit to a strategic organizational change program.
While technology enables telework and forms the basis for successful programs, inadequate technology and data security issues are often mentioned as critical barriers to telework.
Total Number of (Federal) Employees: 2,165,390
Employees Deemed Eligible to Telework: 684,589
Employees with Telework Agreements: 144,851
Employees Teleworking in Sept 2011: 168,558
The full report outlines challenges, structuring and methodology used by the federal government to implement the 2010 mandate to promote telework.
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FYI Tidbits // Telework may mean smaller raises and lower performance evaluations report MIT Sloan Management
A new study that was published by the MIT Sloan Management Review shows that people who don’t put in face time with the boss are more likely to receive smaller raises and be the recipients of poorer work reviews.
The research suggests that employees who telework may be considered out of sight and out of mind.
Working from home, or other types of remote work arrangements such as using a drop-in work center, can be beneficial to both employees and companies. However, our research suggests that these nontraditional arrangements also have hidden pitfalls. Employees who work remotely may end up getting lower performance evaluations, smaller raises and fewer promotions than their colleagues in the office — even if they work just as hard and just as long.
Read more/learn more: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-summer/53407/why-showing-your-face-at-work-matters/
FYI Tidbits // U.S. Security~Cleared Population Tops 4.8 Million
The number of people who held security clearances for access to classified information increased last year to a new reported high of more than 4.8 million persons as of October 1, 2011, a new intelligence community report to Congress said.
Last year’s annual report, the first official count of security cleared personnel, had indicated that there were over 4.2 million clearances in 2010. That number astonished observers because it surpassed previous estimates by more than a million. (“Number of Security Clearances Soars,” Secrecy News, September 20, 2011).
Read more/learn more: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/07/cleared_population.html
FYI Tidbits // Six Bad Résumé Ideas—and Three Good Ones
With unemployment still high, many job seekers are feeling the heat when it comes to standing out amid a very large sea of candidates. But there’s a fine line between being creative and coming up with something that quickly ends up in the recipient’s “delete” folder. To demonstrate the difference, CareerBuilder reveals the following six résumé blunders, along with three winning creative efforts, which it compiled from a recent survey of nearly 2,300 U.S. hiring managers. Clearly, there’s pressure on applicants to distinguish themselves. One in five HR managers spends less than 30 seconds reviewing applications, and about 40 percent spend less than a minute, according to the survey.
Curious? View the 10 slide presentation at the Learn More link.
Read more/learn more: http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Careers/Six-Bad-Rsum-Ideas-and-Three-Good-Ones-328129/
Twitter ~ Defense and Intelligence Industry Jobs
IntelligenceCareers.com, aka USADefenseIndustryJobs.com, offers a wide range of Twitter feeds so that you can always keep up with industry career opportunities, events and other news.
Defense Industry Technologists
http://twitter.com/DefenseTechies @DefenseTechies
Intelligence Analysts and Subject Matter Experts
http://twitter.com/AnalyticPros @AnalyticPros
Cyber Attack / Defense / Information Security / INFOSEC
http://twitter.com/CyberEmployment @CyberEmployment
Defense and Intelligence Careers
http://twitter.com/ICDefenseJobs @ICDefenseJobs
GEOINT / IMINT / GIS / SQUINT and Imagery http://twitter.com/ICGEOINT @ICGEOINT
Languages, Linguists and Translators
http://twitter.com/HearThinkSayJob @HearThinkSayJob
General Industry Jobs and Recruiting News
http://twitter.com/USAJobZoo @USAJobZoo
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FYI Tidbits // Disney Pledges to Hire 1,000 Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans
At the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Kansas City, Mo., Walt Disney Company said it will hire and train 1,000 military veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Disney wants to fill positions across all of its business units, including those in sales and marketing at its theme parks and resorts, consumer product lines and media properties, including ESPN, ABC and Walt Disney Studios.
Read more/learn more: http://disneycareers.com/en/search-jobs/advanced-search/
FYI Tidbits // Military Veterans Jobs Center ~ Resources and Veteran~friendly Employers
Since the White House introduced its Joining Forces initiative in April 2011 to encourage private companies to hire veterans, 1,600 corporations have signed on to the project, pledging to hire as many as 240,000 through the end of 2013. Yet veterans face a number of unique challenges adjusting to civilian life, particularly when it comes to getting a job. In the stories below, we lay out which employers are hiring veterans, reservists and military spouses, where the best job opportunities are and how those who have served in the military can best prepare for a job at a major U.S. company.
Read more/learn more: http://www.fins.com/Finance/military-veterans
GEOINT USGIF Accreditation Certification Program
USGIF = United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, Inc.
The USGIF Accreditation Certification Program enables colleges and universities to accredit their geospatial intelligence programs while you earn a college degree.
This certification can help you move forward as you seek to become a GEOINT professional.
The term “geospatial intelligence” means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. GEOINT consists of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information.
Some of the institutions offering this certification:
- West Point
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Penn State University
- George Mason University
- University of Missouri
If you have questions regarding USGIF accreditation or its guidelines, please contact USGIF Academic Director Dr. R. Maxwell Baber at max.baber@usgif.org.
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