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I ❤️ this Position Description! When building the Division of Data Analytics and Strategic Planning for the Employment and Training Administration, I realized that drafting data-related position descriptions (PDs) is both a science and an art, requiring deep domain-specific knowledge. This PD from the Texas Workforce Commission is exemplary and may provide inspiration for other state workforce agencies working to build data capacity. Here’s why it stands out to me: 🎯 1. Focuses on Data Products: Prioritizes experience developing data products over general IT solutions, highlighting specialized skills needed for the role. 📊 2. Lists Specific Technical Skills: Specifies desirable technical skills: in this case, SQL, Tableau, and data warehousing technologies. (Your priorities may differ. Be explicit!) 🚀 3. Emphasizes Leadership: Balances technical qualifications with critical leadership and management skills, including strategic planning, communication, and coordination. 🔧 4. Embodies Skills-Based Hiring: Values both education and experience for qualification. 💡 5. Appeals to Purpose: Targets candidates motivated by the agency's mission and the opportunity to be a model for other states. (Go Texas!) 🌱 6. Attracts a Growth Mindset: Seeks a demonstrated commitment to continuous self-improvement. This is critical for any hire and especially important for a role where technology is constantly changing. 📍 7. Provides Transparent Location Requirements and Telework Policy: Offers clear information about workplace flexibilities and limits, balancing team collaboration and agency policies with the need to attract a broad talent pool. This PD sets a high standard

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Great job for a journalist seeking to tell stories about working-class people who "defy stereotypes about who they are" every single day. What George Goehl is doing at Addition, and has done throughout his career as an organizer extraordinaire, to broaden the bigger “We” is absolutely essential. His podcast series "To See Each Other" features incredible stories that prove over and over that we shouldn't presume, assume, and most importantly, give up on people. I wish more news orgs would take this lead to tell the more complex, and authentic, stories about working-class people.

Interesting job for the right person

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...some home truths, very well communicated. Panel companies are in running battles to fend off this type of fraud. There are solutions in the use of more sophisticated screening and honesty detection protocols, carefully crafted topic knowledge quizzes for example, and better sample validation process to begin with. But have to also accept that this will result in much lower incidents rates which will inevitably costs more to sample.

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