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OPM’s Shriver sees skills-based assessments, shared certificates as federal hiring strategies ripe for expansion

As efforts of the President’s Management Agenda come to a close, Biden administration officials are sharing signs of an improving federal hiring process.

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Agencies have new USAJobs tool to connect with Pathways Program graduates

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With recent federal hiring changes, agencies see options to reduce burdens on HR staff

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Upcoming 2025 PMF class to see more program flexibilities

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How NSF is converting more interns into full-time feds

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Federal workforce diversity still lagging in more senior roles

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

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HHS thinking creatively to implement new Pathways flexibilities

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Feds heighten calls to service during Public Service Recognition Week

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Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

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Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

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OPM prioritizing pooled hiring, HR workforce in 2025 budget

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Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

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Agencies would see broader applicant pools, more flexibility in Pathways Program under OPM proposal

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

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.

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

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

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OPM says federal employees 'agency-hopping' to telework-friendly offices

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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GSA wants to cast wider net for federal building architects

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Uncle Sam wants to get younger. Again.

Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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OPM has a new tiger team to help agencies wade through federal hiring demands

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Under new House bill, interns would have additional options for pursuing permanent federal employment

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Latest OPM hiring policy targets recent college graduates