Pathways Program

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

Expanding eligibility to include technical education programs is just one of many changes the Office of Personnel Management wants to make to the early-career…

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

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Drew Friedman, Federal News NetworkJapan 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

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)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)

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

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)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)

OPM says federal employees ‘agency-hopping’ to telework-friendly offices

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)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)

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

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New House bill attempts to reinvigorate underperforming federal internship program

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(AP Photo/Matt RourkeFILE - In this June 23, 2014, file photo, a recruiter, at left, takes the resume of an applicant during a job fair, in Philadelphia. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

OPM hiring policy gives agencies new tool to more easily recruit recent graduates

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)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)

With agencies preparing for the future of work, Ahuja says OPM is ready to help

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)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)

OPM, Connolly eyeing improvements to federal internship program

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, said he’s working on two new pieces of legislation…

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Agencies get another tool for recruiting and hiring student interns, OPM says

A new policy from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to strategically recruit more students to paid positions in the federal government…

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Biden’s diversity and inclusion EO highlights struggling federal internship program

The Biden administration’s recent diversity and inclusion executive order directed agencies to reduce their reliance on unpaid internships. But former executives and advocates say government has a long way to go before the federal internship program is a true pipeline for diverse talent.

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