After the wildly popular Josh’s Job Search and Josh’s Job Search 2.0 we looked around for another Josh who wanted to work in local government and do informational interviews but we came up empty. Fear not! We found a Portland State MPA Student who is willing to continue the Josh legacy, however his name is … Continued
Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we hope … Continued
ELGL’s mission is to connect, communicate, and educate. In this ongoing series, ELGL members tell the story of why they chose a local government career. Shahrzad Rizvi (LinkedIn and Twitter) has a served as a Management Analyst at the City of Dallas, TX and recently accepted a position at Dallas County, TX as a Budget & Policy Analyst. … Continued
By Sam Taylor, Assistant City Administrator – City of Ferndale, WA This is a column on issues that ELGL has focused on regarding the 13 Percent Movement, and the idea that there simply aren’t enough female and minority managers in local government. As we’ve learned, women make up just 13 percent of chief administrators in … Continued
Watch the Webinar: Heidi Voorhees and Rachel Lange-Skaggs Leslie Knope must have been smiling down on our webinar with Heidi Voorhees, GovHR USA and Voorhees Associates and Rachel Lange-Skaggs, Village of Schaumburg, IL. Heidi and Rachel led an insightful discussion on their recent report on women in local government. One of the key findings was only … Continued
If you’re interesting in building on the conversation we had in our Women in Local Government webinar, here is a lunch event for our friends in Portland, OR.
A Bankrupt Narrative | Hayley Roberts – Huffington Post Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make … Continued
One of the benefits of ELGL membership is access to our Webinar Library, where you can watch and listen to already aired webinars. After a huge turnout for the #13Percent webinar we now have the recording available to you. Women in Local Government After their article on the number of women in city manager positions … Continued
Looking for a good read? Join ELGL members in reading New York Times Bestseller, Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff. We will dive into this thought-provoking investigation of Detroit’s decline over the next seven weeks, ending with a Twittersation on March 27 at 12 noon EST to discuss what we’ve read. One lucky person will … Continued
ELGL’s mission is to connect, communicate, and educate. In this ongoing series, ELGL members tell their story including how they got into local government. Darwin Wade (LinkedIn) is a Neighborhood Services Specialist at the City of Grand Prairie, TX. He is responsible for provide consulting, training and other technical assistance to NeighborWorks America. Darwin was named employee … Continued
