Category: Articles

Charlene will be the luncheon speaker on April 4, 2019. Her topic is "Defining my Yes...Lessons Learned Along the Way"

By: Mike Earl, Senior Vice President, GovHR USA      GovTempsUSA was established in 2011. At the time, the founders saw a need for a firm to focus on providing short and long-term staffing options exclusively for local governments. They were right. As of January 2019, GovTemps has filled over 360 positions at 171 local governmentsRead More

The Information Technology Review - City of Pekin, Illinois By: Jerry Schultz, Vice President, GovHR  USA In the summer of 2016 GovHR USA conducted an information technology review for the City of Pekin, Illinois (pop. 33,000). This case study presents highlights of the information technology review, which was part of a larger organizational service deliveryRead More

By Heidi Voorhees We’ve interviewed thousands of employees as a part of our recruitment and selection processes. Here is what they tell us they want in a leader, boss, manager, and supervisor: Listen, Listen, Listen. Bosses often talk more than they listen and when they do listen, they sometimes are also looking at their phone,Read More

By Heidi J. Voorhees, President, GovHRUSA Develop a chronological resume that is easy to follow. Provide a one sentence description of each position you’ve held, the name of the organization including the city and state, and then indicate your accomplishments while you held that job. If you had a wide variety of responsibilities, consider creatingRead More

By Heidi J. Voorhees, President, GovHRUSA Display sincere energy and excitement about the position. Lack of energy is the number one reason candidates do not get the job! Dress professionally for the interview. If you suspect the organization’s culture is more casual about dress, still wear a suit. Be well groomed including a professional haircut.Read More

Interview Blunders and How to Recover! By Heidi Voorhees (President/Owner Voorhees Associates and Co-Owner GovTempsUSA) I’ve had the opportunity to observe at least 1,000 interviews in my career as an executive recruiter. I find it very distressing when I see a qualified candidate not get a job due to an interview misstep. Here are someRead More

Heidi Voorhees and Joellen Earl offer advice for women leaders: don't take yourself out of the running for the top job because you think you're not ready. Read more