federal interns

Pathways program, NSF, National Science Foundation

With record number of interns, NSF is ‘intentional’ about career growth

At the National Science Foundation, one in five new hires this year has been an intern. Now NSF is looking to make full-time positions more appealing to them.

Hiring/Retention

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Federal workforce diversity still lagging in more senior roles

Workforce

Early-career federal job openings seeing ‘renewed and increased’ interest, OPM’s Shriver says

Hiring/Retention

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Feds heighten calls to service during Public Service Recognition Week

Hiring/Retention

Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

Workforce

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OPM prioritizing pooled hiring, HR workforce in 2025 budget

Budget

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OPM making plans to broaden the applicant pool for paid federal internships

Hiring/Retention

What do young people in federal jobs have to say about early career pipelines?

Federal Report

OPM turns to agency leaders to promote new intern experience program

Workforce

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, speak to federal interns at experience program launch event. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

NASA helps launch a new program, and it’s not going to space

Federal Report

OPM creates ‘one-stop shop’ for agencies to post internship openings

Hiring/Retention

Agencies get clearer direction from OPM, OMB to expand early-career pipeline

New guidance from the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget details how agencies can expand paid internship opportunities.

Workforce

Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals

Biden administration officials point to “great strides” in agencies progress under the President’s Management Agenda, just after it hit its one-year…

Management

How agencies are trying to keep early-career employees in federal jobs

Hiring/Retention

OPM is prioritizing early-career recruitment, as the federal government trails the private sector in its percentage of millennial and Generation Z employees in the workforce.