5: Workforce
Cultivate a talented diverse community of innovators devoted to public service. Other Information:
The Library will refine its workforce by fostering diversity and improving and sustaining the skills of its staff, recognizing
that the talents and efforts of the Library’s workforce are inextricably linked to its mission and core purpose. A talented
and diverse staff is at the heart of the Library of Congress and its vision for the future. The Goal seeks to attract and
sustain high-caliber employees. To achieve this Outcome, we have crafted five Strategies that will strengthen our ability
to attract and hire high performing individuals who are interested in public service at the Library of Congress. Outcomes
Outcome 1: Recognized as an employer of choice for public service through realization of human potential and high performance.
External Factors • The 21st century workplace will require advanced technical skills for on-the-job success. New requirements
and applications driven by advances in technology mandate that we proactively transform the digital competencies of our workforce
to remain highly skilled in this ever-evolving age of digital resources. • The potential mass departure of staff eligible
for retirement within the near future poses challenges for the institution’s mission and for managers who must plan staffing
levels for ongoing and future projects and programs. The Library must have a strategy in place to transfer and preserve institutional
knowledge of the retiring workforce to remaining and new employees in preparation for more challenging roles. • It is critical
that the Library have available a rich set of human resource tools and approaches, some of which require additional legislative
authority to implement. The Library must work with the Congress to enact its human capital flexibility proposals.
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