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FedWeb2001. Charting Your Career Course. Dagne Fulcher, IT Workforce Improvement U.S. Department of the Treasury. IT Job Growth Has Been Strong. 1987-1997. 177% Employment Growth for Systems Analysts, Computer Engineers and Computer Scientist Jobs VS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FedWeb2001
Dagne Fulcher, IT Workforce Improvement
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Charting Your Career
Course
1987-19971987-1997
177% Employment Growth for Systems Analysts, Computer Engineers and Computer Scientist Jobs
VS.VS.
12% Employment Growth for All Jobs!
(U.S. Department of Commerce)
IT Job Growth Has Been Strong
The Market is HotFour Fastest Growing Jobs in the U.S. 1998 - 2008
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
ComputerEngineer
ComputerSupport
SystemsAnalyst
Data BaseAdmin
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
1,5011,257
244
1,134
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
1996 2006
(in t
housa
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New jobs
Net replacements
1996 base yearemployment
}Job
OpeningsDue toGrowth
and Net
Replacements
America Will Need 1.3 Million New Core IT Workers by 2006
(U.S. Department of Commerce)
The Skill Set is Changing
Fewer Unique Custom Applications More HW/SW Platform Consistency Allegiance to Technical Specialty
vs. Employer Equals =
Greater Opportunity for Movement
A Challenge to Federal IT Workforce Stability
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
66,660
34,345
32,315
4,660
1997 2006
New JobsNet ReplacementsBase Employment
(U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
The Treasury Department Workforce Picture 1999
Average IT Employee is 44+ 22% of IT Staff and 45% of Top
Mgmt. Eligible for Retirement within 5 years
External Hires Down from 2 in 3 to 1 in 8
Turnover Rate = 6 to 9%
The Treasury Department Workforce Picture 2000
Average Age Increased from 44+ to 45+
IT Workforce Grew 5 Times Faster than the Overall Treasury Workforce (10/98-12/99)
70% of IT Workforce Growth from Employees Over 50
77% of Hires from within the Federal Workforce
Meeting the Federal IT Workforce Challenge
Federal CIO Council Established IT Workforce Committee
Federal IT Workforce Challenge Study Initiated
Meeting the Federal IT Workforce Challenge
Report Issued July 1999 http://cio.gov/files/itchalle.pdf
Implementation Plan - September 2000 http://cio.gov/docs/Plan_Implement_Final_9-2.htm
The Workforce Challenge: The Federal CIO Council
HARVEST:An effective and efficient IT workforce supporting the working mission
SUSTAINING GROWTH:OPM/CIO
partnering…specific pay/occupational
standardsFERTILIZING THE FIELD:• CIO University/STAR• Upgrade of IT skills/Best Practices • Knowledge Management• Government Industry Exchange
SEEDING THE FIELD:• Limited critical need hire authority• Recruitment from non-traditional labor pool• Scholarship/intern program to promising IT students• Pay and Occupational restructuring
FARMING:Establish continuing workforce planning
PLOWING THE FIELD:• Info/outreach campaign to encourage IT careers• IT Career Academy/HS• Federal participation in skills alliances• Federal Cyber Service
Enriching the IM/IT Value ChainEnriching the IM/IT Value Chain
Modernizing the Structure of Federal IT Jobs
Description: Create IT job categories that better correspond to private sector jobs by having clearer announcements, competency based recruiting, better measures of hot skills areas, and getting managers involved in recruitment.
Approach: Pilot Study Status: Study Underway Target Date: Spring 2001
Status: Modernizing the Structure of Federal IT Jobs (cont’d)
Description: Create job classification standards that reward technical proficiency by allowing more non-supervisors to rise in rank, and reward technical talent
Approach: OPM Survey of Agencies Status: Draft Standards Published Target Date: Spring 2001
Pay Federal IT Workers Competitive Rates
Description: OPM Special Rate Study – Works within current
general schedule structure to research establishing special rate schedules for categories of IT workers.
Approach: Survey of All Federal Agencies Status: Implemented Date: January 14, 2001
Pay Federal IT Workers Competitive Rates (cont’d)
Description: Comparative IT Pay System Study – National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) will be making recommendations on how the government can best compete for IT talent.
Approach: Non-Partisan Independent Study
Status: Contract Awarded - Work Underway Target Date: Summer 2001
Improve Workforce Planning
Description: Anticipate workforce talent drain and provide tools and techniques for workforce planning
Goal: Provide Model and System for Government-wide use by September 30, 2002
Approach: Development of Workforce Tools for Agencies
Status: SAS Developing Tools for OPM Target Date: Sept 2002
Improve Recruitment Strategies
Description: Encourage use of existing hiring flexibilities, such as: Recruitment and retention bonuses: Broaden recruitment efforts to all qualified
candidates Encourage student intern and co-op programs
-- partnership with the National Academy Foundation
Promote the CIAO Cyber Service Initiative Approach: Council Publicity and Encouragement Status: Ongoing
Focus on Career Development
Description: Support implementation of Executive Order 13111 to upgrade the IT skills of the current workforce, by: Promoting upgrading skills through increase
use of training technology (E.O. 13111) Promoting “Road Maps” which motivates
employees by describing the road to advancement
Supporting STAR and CIO University efforts Approach: Formal Training and Information
Sharing Status: STAR and CIO U Underway -- Agencies
Sharing Information of Development Strategies
Develop a “Road Map”
Description: The “road map” project will allow Federal workers to plot a course toward proficiency in the Clinger-Cohen Core Competencies
Timeline: Spring 2001- Draft initial road map components Summer 2001- Develop final Road map
components Project Status: Evaluation of current approaches
by agencies
IT Executive Exchange
Objective: Establish an Executive Order to authorize agencies to exchange their best and brightest IT executives for developmental assignments in the private sector and vice versa
Target audience: Current and future IT execs at the SES/ GS-15 levels
Status: Proposed regulations in draft
Chief Information Officers University (CIO U)
Description: Virtual university for executive development in the Federal CIO Core Competencies
Goal: Successful Federal IT leadership and mission delivery
Target audience: SES & Senior IT employees (including CIOs), executives, and managers aspiring to CIO positions
CIO U Inaugural Graduation
Vice President Gore signed the CIO U Certificates for graduation held July 12, 2000
18 graduates so far
URL: http://ciouniversity.cio.gov
Gsa’s STAR Program
GSA and the Federal IT Workforce Committee initiated the STAR Program - Strategic and Tactical Advocates for Results
Resident Seminar Program for GS-14’s & 15’s, field 13’s or comparable military rank
URL: http://star.gsa.gov
Resources:
GSA:CIO University, STAR Program, 1000 X 2000 Program: www.gsa.gov
National Defense University’s IRM College: www.ndu.edu/irmc
Council for Excellence in Government: New E-Gov Fellows Program: www.excelgov.org
OPM’s USA JOBS: www.usajobs.opm.gov FirstGov - Learning and Jobs: www.firstgov.gov Department of Commerce website:
www.go4IT.gov