Managing Your Government Career

Success Strategies That Work
Special Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8144-1099-8
Verlag: Amacom

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Working for the government offers many advantages: great prospects for professional growth, job security, an attractive array of benefits, and the op portunity to help other citizens—but it also presents unique challenges. Managing Your Government Career gives current and future government employees powerful advice for starting out and maneuvering through their entire career. Based on the author’s more than 32 years experience in civil service jobs, as well as his inter actions with thousands of government employees.Packed with indispensable guidance, this is a unique and highly strategic resource for anyone working in government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liff, Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii PART 1 Getting In (Arriving) 1 Chapter 1 Should I Work for the Government and if So, Where? 3 Is the Government Right for You? 4 Federal Versus State and Local 25 Conclusion 31 Chapter 2 How Do I Get In? 32 How to Get a Government Job 33 Scanning Job Announcements 35 Your Application 45 Submitting Your Application 48 The Interview 53 PART 2 Getting Off to a Good Start (Surviving) 57 Chapter 3 In the Beginning 59 Making a Good First Impression 59 Fitting In 69 Office Romance 74 Personal Business 75 Should You Join the Union? 79 Chapter 4 Your Relationship with Your Superiors 82 Understanding Your Supervisor 83 Building a Good Relationship 98 Working for a Difficult Boss 106 Chapter 5 Developing Perspective 114 Understanding What Is Really Going On 114 Familiarize Yourself with the Local Politics and Strategy 118 Develop a Cadre of Mentors 121 Build a Network 126 Act Appropriately 128 How to Complain 135 PART 3 Plotting Your Career (Thriving) 139 Chapter 6 Looking Down the Road 141 Where Do I Want to Be in Five Years? Ten Years? Twenty Years? 141 Do Not Focus Exclusively on One Career Path 145 Going Into Management/Getting Exposure to Multiple Fields 147 Headquarters or the Field? 149 Staff or Line? 152 What About More Education? 155 Switching Between the Public and Private Sectors 158 Find Your Niche: Learn How to Think Creatively and Competitively 161 Chapter 7 Management 165 Is Management for Me? 165 Preparing to Go Into Management 174 How to Become a Supervisor 179 Getting Into Upper Management 181 The Challenges of Upper-Level Management 184 Chapter 8 Balancing Your Work Life and Your Family Life 190 It’s a Job 191 Don’t Treat the Job as if It’s Life and Death 197 Follow Your Passion 200 Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle 201 When Things Are Not Going Well at Work 204 Are You Willing to Move? 206 When and How to Retire 209 Chapter 9 Personal Development 213 Engage in Growth Activities 213 Study the Lives of Successful People 221 Who Is Going to Define You? 225 Smell the Roses 228 Notes 231 Index 247

Über Autor(innen)

Raymond J. Trotta (Chicago, IL) is a management consultant and academic. He is a cofounder of iValue, a consulting firm focused on the valuation of information technology.