VA CIO Conference

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VA CIO Conference

• IT Workforce Brief
• 15 August 2002

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Talking Points

• Workgroup Dynamics
• Workforce Diversity, Not What You Think!
• Goals/Plans, in reverse order . . . .
• Wrap-Up

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But I Manage X, Y Z, too!

• The VA IT Workforce is Not Easily Described
• Echelon Three Diversity
• How do we proceed?

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Goals
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Goals . . . 4, 3, 2, 1

• Retaining the Cream of the Crop
• Matching Skill Sets with Needs
• Innovative Recruiting (formerly known as Hire the
  Brains)
• Defining the IT Organization

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Retaining The Cream of the Crop

• Benefits Package
• Cafeteria Style Benefit Plan (child care, family
  job support, education credits, etc.)
• Sabbatical Leave
• Special Pay Through All Pay Grades
• Incentive/Merit Pay Increases
• Certification
• Education levels
• Education Reimbursement Program With Service
  Obligation
• Flex schedules/Flexiplace
• Retention Pay

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Retaining The Cream of the Crop

• Career Development
• Leadership Training
• VA IT Case Studies
• IT Training and Travel Budget
• Professional Development
• 360 Degree Evaluations
• Continuing Education
• Recognition Across Echelons

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Retaining The Cream of the Crop

• Mentoring
• High School/VoTech/College Mentorship Programs
• Job Shadowing
• Succession Planning

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Goals . . . 3, 2, 1

• Matching Skill Sets with Needs
• Innovative Recruiting (formerly known as Hire the
  Brains)
• Defining the IT Organization

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Matching Skill Sets with Needs

• Data, data, data, data, data . . . . . .
• Research Best of Breed Competency Models within
  Government and Private Industry
• Capitalize on Communities of Talent

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Goals . . . 2, 1

• Innovative Recruiting (formerly known as Hire the
  Brains)
• Defining the IT Organization

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Innovative Recruiting (formerly known as Hire The
Brains)

• Minimum Job Qualifications
• Skill set database
• Existing information (e.g. old COHO)
• Other workgroup input
• Evaluate Opportunities to Partner with Private
  Industry
• Gather Success Stories Across Echelons
• Business plans
• Outcome measures
• Performance measures / metrics (e.g. SLAs)
• Cost benefit analyses
• Analyze for Applicability Within Our Organization

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Innovative Recruiting

• Classification Standards, OPM Regulations, etc.
• Ensure HR Staff With Clout Participates at VA CIO
  Level
• The Labor Management Partnership . . . What is
  the Future of this Agreement?

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Innovative Recruiting

• Total Compensation Package
• Education
• Upward mobility
• Tuition reimbursements
• Recruitment bonus
• Relocation pay
• Special pay
• Flexible work schedule
• Flexible work place

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Innovative Recruiting

• Action
• Initiate Inter- and Intra-Echelon Information
  Sharing
• Skill sets
• Successful Hiring Techniques
• Successes with Private Industry
• Research Government Industry Best Practices
• Create skill database/IT Recruitment Toolkit

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Goal 1

• Defining the IT Organization

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Define IT Organization

• Org Chart/Vacancy Analysis
• Survey Data Analysis
• Determine Minimum Staffing Ratios
• Define the IT Workforce

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IT Workforce
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Non-IT Workforce
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Connecting
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Summary Points

• We Have Not Communicated Effectively With One
  Another - This IS Changing!
• The VA IT Workforce MUST Be Accurately Described,
  Especially Echelon III
• We Accomplish More Face to Face Than on
  Teleconferences
• Inter-Echelon Dialog is our Critical Success
  Factor

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Questions