PSHRA's Public Eye Podcast

Episode 66: Why Work for America's Civic Match Platform is Now Open to All with Shifra Goldenberg

Created to help job seekers with federal experience find opportunities within state and local government organizations, Work for America's free Civic Match hiring platfor

Episode 65: Breaking Down the 2026 State and Local Government Workforce Survey with Gerald Young

Gerald Young, senior researcher at MissionSquare Research Institute, recently joined the Public Eye podcast to discuss findings from the 2026 State and Local Government W

Episode 64: Sharing the Secrets of 'Good Conflict' with Jamie Notter

Speaker, author, adviser, culture scientist and self-described “amateur comedian" Jamie Notter will deliver the opening keynote at PSHRA’s national conference, to be held

Episode 63: Doing Different Things Differently with Tucker Bryant

Tucker Bryant is a nationally renowned artist and a veteran of Silicon Valley, where he spent nearly four years as an associate product marketing manager and product mana

Episode 62: Revamping Recruitment and Hiring Processes with Catherine Burns and the Baltimore City DGS

Catherine Burns, chief of human resources with the Baltimore City Department of General Services (DGS), recently joined the Public Eye podcast to walk us through how DGS

Episode 61: Defining Trauma-Informed HR with Pamela Pine, PhD

Pamela Pine, PhD, founder and director of Stop the Silence® (a Department of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma), recently joined the Public Eye podcast to discu

Episode 60: Working Toward Wellness with Jodi Outland and the Town of Cape Charles, Va.

 Jodi Outland, director of human resources with the Town of Cape Charles, Va., recently joined the Public Eye podcast to chat about the Town’s Wellness & Health Incentive

Episode 59: Invaluable Opinions: The Town of Bluffton's Anni Evans Talks Intern Exit Surveys

 Anni Evans, director of human resources with the Town of Bluffton, S.C., recently joined the Public Eye podcast to give us an overview of the Town’s intern exit surveys

Episode 58: Transforming City Hiring Processes with Shifra Goldenberg

Shifra Goldenberg, chief program officer with Work for America, recently joined the Public Eye podcast to talk about WFA’s upcoming Transforming City Hiring Processes wor

Episode 57: A Walkthrough of the Local Gov 250 Initiative with Wally Bobkiewicz

Wally Bobkiewicz is the city administrator with the City of Issaquah, Wash. He is also spearheading Local Gov 250, a national effort to honor and elevate the role of loca

Episode 56: Talking Gender Transition in the Workplace with Amanda Hecker

Amanda Hecker is a retired teacher who has provided diversity training and education since leaving the classroom in 2024. Amanda is also a transgender woman, one of rough

Episode 55: Preparing Public Sector Talent for Advancement with Kelli Bentley

Kelli Bentley, human resources director with Anniston Water Works & Sewer Board, in Anniston, Ala., recently joined the Public Eye podcast to offer an overview of the org

Episode 54: Talking Turnover at the Top with Melissa Barker

The Public Eye podcast’s newest episode features Melissa Barker, vice president of practice development, with special expertise in recruiting, government and public secto

Episode 53: Jeanette Hamilton Joins the Podcast Live at PSHRA25

Jeanette Hamilton, director of human resources at North Valley Hospital, Okanogan County Public Hospital District #4, recently joined the Public Eye podcast for our first

Episode 52: Emphasizing Employee Engagement with Pete Blank

Pete Blank, training and organizational development manager with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County in Birmingham, Ala., recently joined the Public Eye podcast to gi

Episode 51: Assessing the OBBA Fallout with Jason Briefel

The passage of OBBA, signed into law on July 4, figures to reverberate throughout the public sector for years to come. The nearly $4 trillion economic and tax package inc

Episode 50: Summing Up the 2025 State and Local Government Workforce Survey with Gerald Young

Each year since 2009, PSHRA® has partnered with MissionSquare Research Institute and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE) to conduct an annual s

Episode 49: Overcoming HRIS Hurdles with Anthony Fasano

Anthony Fasano, human resources manager with the Village of Alsip, Ill., recently joined the Public Eye podcast to chat about the Village of Alsip’s recent experience wit

Episode 48: Sizing Up Public Sector Hiring Processes with Melissa Barker

Any public sector HR leader knows that the competition for top talent is fierce, and public sector employers need any edge they can get. That said, some contend that the

Episode 47: Assessing Mental Well-Being in the Public Sector with Cara Woodson Welch

Earlier this year, PSHRA® conducted a survey of more than 400 public sector HR professionals, in an effort to identify patterns and trends with regard to public sector or