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Learn how prioritizing 1:1 meetings ensures employees feel heard, receive feedback in a timely manner, and promote correction of issues or mistakes. 

Managing employees' stress during times of crisis is a critical skill for HR leaders. Get tips on how to best provide the support your workforce needs.

When recently surveyed about the impact of Coronavirus on HR, 89% of public sector respondents said that keeping employees healthy was their biggest concern. Given that 92% still have some portion of their employees working from the office, that means the majority of HR professionals are being forced to rethink how they conduct daily operations in their physical environments.

As the world addresses the widespread impact of COVID-19 from a physical and mental perspective, many things remain uncertain. However, less uncertain is the fact that public sector employees continue to be responsible for providing a safe work environment as this dire situation continues to unfold. Whether some of your staff are now telecommuting or will be soon, inevitably there will be public sector employees who cannot perform their critical functions remotely. Doing everything we can to make these employees feel supported, informed, and safe is a top priority.

As we approach a month since the first COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were put into place, HR professionals in the public sector are still waiting for the dust to settle from the upending of their daily operations. Transitioning employees to remote working, maintaining critical services to the public, and concerns about layoffs or shuttered departments have all been top of mind as we continue to confront uncharted territory.

Learn what best practices your public sector agency can use to master performance management for remote workers and stay competitive in today’s market.

Hiring in the public sector today is becoming increasingly difficult, as high retirement numbers are causing jobs to open up a rate the public sector can’t keep up with and the near-record low unemployment rate making competition for talent tough. One way to lessen the current talent gap is to grab job seeker attention through engaging job promotions.

Microlearning can help public sector agencies improve training efforts. Learn how this approach fosters employee skill development and career success.

It probably won’t surprise you to learn that successful onboarding can improve employee performance by up to 15% (source: Gartner). However,implementing an effective onboarding strategy takes time, bandwidth, and of course, technology.