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The National Association of State Personnel Executives provides a collaborative forum for State HR leaders to share effective leading practices. Get ready for State Employee Recognition Day May 9, 2018CPS HR Consulting, a NASPE member company, recently held a webinar highlighting the importance of employee engagement. Additionally, CalHR outlined their scheduled events for State Employee Recognition Week. Check out some of their ideas below: Years of Service and/or Core Values Photo Booth
Departmental or California Spirit Day
Thankful Thursday
Food Drive Day
Potluck
Display “Pics of the Week” on social media and/or through the intranet
See more of CalHR's activities here: http://publicservicerecognitionweek.org/celebration_toolkit/ NASPE's guide to SERD is here.
The Nominations Are In for the 2018 NASPEs Awards!
These awards highlight the innovative leadership practices either with an individual’s lead or with a cutting-edge program. The NASPEs winners are recognized during the NASPE Annual Meeting each summer. State Human Resources Directors Seek to Address Workforce ChallengesFocus groups explore policies to help find and keep quality workersTo learn more about the viewpoints of state HR directors, The Pew Charitable Trusts partnered with the National Association of State Personnel Executives to hold focus groups with association members in early 2017 in Washington, D.C. The 19 participants came from 18 states; all held senior human resources positions in their state’s government. The discussions concentrated on the major workforce challenges facing state governments, including how to appeal to and engage younger workers and the role that retirement benefits play in recruitment and retention. The HR executives talked about the resources they need to be successful and the strategies they use to meet their states’ staffing needs. Among the key findings:
Read the full issue brief here. States are hiring veteransVeterans who are disabled, who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in military campaigns are entitled to preference over others in hiring for many state government jobs. ![]()
An HR Expert's Dos and Don'ts of Managing"I really think we’re making too much of the generational differences," says Joyce Oreskovich, the current president of the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE) and director of the Bureau of Human Resources in Maine. She's worked in HR for years and is full of advice for state and local governments trying to attract and retain the best and the brightest. Governing spoke with her to get some of it. See the full article here: http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/gov-human-resources-states-government-joyce-oreskovich.html
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