>> I like that I can, especially from a hiring perspective, when I first started
with the agency I was the recruiter for what was called then the Federal [inaudible] Intern
Program where we would go to different colleges and universities including the University
of Maryland to recruit entry level undergraduate and graduate students.
And I think one of the most rewarding parts of my job is to actually see those students
that I recruited three years ago now into different positions as their careers begin
to grow and flourish and kind of see what they're able to achieve.
So, the fact that I'm either able to help people into a job, get them training to help them move
up in their job or kind of help them through any human relation type
of issues is very rewarding for me.
Hardest part, I would say sometimes prioritization.
Everything is or appears to be urgent.
So really just trying to find those small wins that we can achieve on a daily basis in order
to kind of keep the momentum going in the office is really difficult at times.
And then also from a resourcing perspective I mean everyone knows
that the government is really under some type of fiscal constraints at this point
and so as we have people [inaudible], we are not able to hire right behind people.
And so resources are getting scarce and so that may require us to do a little bit more
than we were doing in the past or stay longer to achieve the same results.
So, there has been somewhat of a challenge in this recent year.