Hiring/Retention
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Agencies have done their fair share of hiring during the pandemic, but the size of the federal workforce hasn't budged much in recent years. Today, Uncle Sam employs 1 million fewer people than it did during World War II.
April 12, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management will survey employees and supervisors within 350 different occupations to gauge what skills, competencies and characteristics are needed to best perform on the job.
April 09, 2021 -
Agencies struggle to find qualified talent through public job postings, even with skills assessmentsAs agencies attempt to use more skills-based assessments to vet job candidates, a dashboard shows just how difficult finding and choosing qualified talent is with today's federal hiring system.
April 08, 2021 -
An unexpected surge in retirement claims during March exceeded OPM's ability to keep up with the backlog.
April 08, 2021 -
Government-chartered Federal Home Loan Banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were all the subject of a recent look-see by the Government Accountability Office.
April 07, 2021 -
If ever you were thinking about joining or trying to move up in the federal government, now is a great time to do it.
April 07, 2021 -
The government isn't very good at anticipating the types of people it will need, then having a plan to recruit and hire them.
March 31, 2021 -
Federal employees ranked federal human resources last among four federal administrative services, according to a recent customer satisfaction survey from the General Services Administration.
March 30, 2021 -
The Air Force’s pilot corps is 93.6% male and 87.6% white; those demographics are grossly different from the 21% of women and at least 25% of the other races that make up the active-duty force.
March 30, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies now have more time to use a special hiring flexibility to bring on talent during the pandemic.
March 30, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of lawmakers urge President Joe Biden to backpedal firings and suspensions of White House staffers for prior cannabis use.
March 26, 2021 -
As agencies eye return-to-work strategies, the Office of Personnel Management is planning new guidance on telework and remote work for a post-pandemic world.
March 24, 2021 -
The USPS 10-year strategy is designed to relieve the agency of $87 billion in net losses it has posted the past 14 years.
March 23, 2021 -
Army leaders are kicking out the requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck as part of the new physical fitness test.
March 22, 2021 -
The size of the Environmental Protection Agency has shrunk by 16% since 2009, according to members of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
March 22, 2021