Government agencies and military organizations are under intense pressure to build, train, and sustain their workforces. To support this critical initiative, federal agencies must continually and meticulously assess their workforce by asking if they have the right people with the right skills in the right jobs at the right time.
Successful agencies achieve greater efficiency, improved visibility, and increased productivity by directly aligning human resource initiatives with the organization’s strategic goals.
At last week’s HCMG conference, I heard about some fantastic federal programs for acquiring and retaining top talent.
Savvy federal agencies are:
- Recognizing in-house talent and committing financially to development programs, like ‘grow your engineers.”
- Building interest at a young age by developing relationships with the future workforce. Programs include sponsoring science and technology camps for middle school students, inviting interested students to participate in internships or summer work programs, and giving them real assignments to expand learning and retain interest.
- Partnering with other agencies to collaborate on training and apprenticeship programs. (This is a fantastic option for smaller organizations that cannot finance something like that alone!)
Success is reliant on the right technology in place to support these initiatives. Meridian Knowledge Solutions brings a deep public sector knowledge to solving problems of critical importance to the public sector. Meridian’s learning management solution allows organizations to more closely align their workforce with business strategy by enabling them to identify key trends, analyze gaps and risks in the existing workforce, and develop scenarios so they can ultimately implement the right workforce strategy.