This article was written by Pavani Peri, Acta Solutions Co-Founder. Connect with Pavani on Email, LinkedIn or Twitter. Throughout the pandemic, there has been high turnover and shift in people’s jobs. More and more, people are moving around workplaces—trying to find a well-suited job with good culture, remote work opportunities, and mission-aligned work. What does … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget Manager for the City of Brighton, Colorado. Connect with Kayla on LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Build an A-Team, by Whitney Johnson What I’m Watching: Atypical and Explained What I’m listening to: Sour Strategies for Surviving the Turnover Tsunami With new postings coming across my … Continued
This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget Manager, City of Brighton, CO. Connect with me on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Think Sideways by Tamara Ghandour What I’m Re-Watching: Friends-That reunion triggered some serious nostalgia. What I’m Listening To: Whatever comes up on “all songs” next. This morning it ranged from old school Taylor … Continued
If you’ve applied to be matched with a local government professional through ELGL’s information interview program, congratulations! You’ve already cleared the biggest hurdle towards a great informational interview. Getting the match is only half the equation, however—you’ll want to do some prep to make the most of the opportunity! The beautiful thing about informational interviews … Continued
This is the final part in a three-part series about designing successful local government internships. This series is authored by Pat Madej (LinkedIn | Twitter) and Molly Gaskin (Email | Twitter). We spoke briefly in our GovLove episode about Molly’s evaluation of our budget request forms which served as her flagship summer internship project. This post dives … Continued
This is the second in a three-part series about designing successful local government internships. This series is authored by Pat Madej (LinkedIn | Twitter) and Molly Gaskin (Email | Twitter), and is presented in conjunction with his recent GovLove podcast episode on local government internships. I was all geared up to start my internship mid-March right as … Continued
This is the first in a three part series about designing successful local government internships. This series is authored by Pat Madej (LinkedIn | Twitter), and is presented in conjunction with his recent GovLove podcast episode on local government internships. Step 1: Plan and Pitch Back when ELGL’s own Ben Kittelson and I created our office’s summer … Continued
ELGL Members, you now have a directory full of awesome people to explore! Great news! ELGL is happy to announce that we are launching our ELGL Member Directory. This will be a unique way to look up members based on states so you can find other ELGL members in your region. The directory will show … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Twitter | LinkedIn What I’m Reading: Just finished Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand What I’m Watching: My kids play Nintendo Switch [eyeroll] What I’m Listening To: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson ELGL’s COVID-19 response is driven by our members. When we read questions posed … Continued
Ellie and Jill (get it? EL and GL?) are two anonymous ELGL members who answer your most pressing and sensitive questions. Because everything is anonymous, you can rely on Ellie and Jill to tackle the issues you’ve always wanted to talk about but were too afraid to ask. Want to submit your own question for … Continued
