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Thinking About Changing Jobs? Think About This

GovLoop

That simple question can serve as a compass when we’re facing a change in job or career. “Thinking of our identities in this way can make us more resilient in the face of change.” ” For example, Shankar initially pursued a career as a concert violinist before being sidelined by a hand injury. .”

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Strategies for Landing Your Dream Job in Parks & Recreation

Let's Talk Parks

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about finding work right now. The job landscape looks so different in mid/post-pandemic world, and the typical ways of volunteering and shadowing may not be available like they used to be. They’ve had several interviews, and they just can’t land that job.

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Sullivan County debuts generative AI chatbot, Saige, to answer constituent FAQs

Google Public Sector

Traditionally, in offices like ours, our teams are routinely answering rote questions about operating hours or document filing processes. We embedded the agent into our chatbot on the county website to support those seeking information about our County Clerk’s and Treasurer’s offices. Then, I was introduced to Vertex AI Agent Builder.

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The Tyranny of the “Community”: Transcending the Public Meeting

Human Transit

My job as a public transit planner requires a lot of public engagement, as it should. His article is mostly about urban development debates, dipping into transit now and then. In my experience, this is true of debates about transit infrastructure , but not in debates about transit service. I don’t blame them.

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Try a Zigzag Career Path

GovLoop

Kima Tozay, a recent GovLoop Featured Contributor and a 15-year veteran of public service, thinks so. Rather than sticking with a job in hope of future rewards, they seek out roles that better match their interests and values, and that offer more opportunities to grow their skills while providing better compensation.

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Middle Income Families: Unintended Policy Consequences w/ Bob Mendez

Policy Chats

In this episode, Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce Chairman of the Board Bob Mendez talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about policies that impact middle income families, and how we can alter existing policies to create a better environment for them to thrive.

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Difficultly of fomenting institutional change not just a problem for minorities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I joke that half the entries I write are about best practice, the other half about worse practice and poor decision making. Plus to be fair to elected officials even in the best circumstances change takes a long time. I don’t think that anymore. This will be the subject of a later blog piece, along with some issues.)