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61.2
#149 out of 216

Headquarters, Air Force Reserve (Air Force)

Mission: To oversee the day-to-day mission activities of reserve units. The Headquarters also supervises and reviews unit training programs, provides logistics and personnel support and ensures combat readiness.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  61.2 149
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.7 109  of  216
Strategic Management 58.9 99  of  216
Teamwork 72.9 87  of  216
Effective Leadership 54.7 75  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 54.3 58  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 50.4 53  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 48.6 127  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 64.1 115  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.3 125  of  216
Training and Development 65.9 43  of  216
Support for Diversity 61.3 128  of  216
Pay and Benefits 54.1 214  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.0 146  of  216
Work/Life Balance 63.3 125  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  62.1 56.7 62.2
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.1 77.0 79.4
Strategic Management 60.7 54.9 60.1
Teamwork 71.1 67.2 66.7
Effective Leadership 54.4 48.9 50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.3 42.4 46.7
Training and Development 66.2 63.2 62.8
Support for Diversity 59.2 50.6 57.7
Pay and Benefits 55.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.8 63.2 66.3
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.1 77.0 79.4
Strategic Management 60.7 54.9 60.1
Teamwork 71.1 67.2 66.7
Effective Leadership 54.4 48.9 50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.3 42.4 46.7
Training and Development 66.2 63.2 62.8
Support for Diversity 59.2 50.6 57.7
Pay and Benefits 55.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.8 63.2 66.3
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 60.8 146  of  216
Male 61.4 149  of  214
40 and over 60.9 152  of  216
Under 40 62.4 126  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 65.6 77  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 67.6 40  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 61.3 152  of  215
American Indian or Native American No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 62.2 No data No data
Under 40 62.3 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 60.2 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 63.1 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Headquarters, Air Force Reserve (Air Force) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 62.2 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 56.7 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 62.1 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 61.2 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 14,387

Number of Employees in 2002: 12,906

Number of Employees in 2003: 12,207

Number of Employees in 2004: 13,445

Number of Employees in 2005: 13,486

Number of Employees in 2006: 13,326

Number of Employees in 2007: 12,747

Number of Employees in 2008: 12,216

Employees joined (2008): 1,076

Percentage joined (2008): 8.87%

Average joined (2004-2008): 1,028

Employees left (2008): 1,375

Percentage left (2008): 10.96%

Average left (2004-2008): 1,295

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 4.10%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA
Other Locations: 300 flying and support units worldwide

http://www.afreserve.com/home4.asp

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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