1: Talent
Inspire and hire mission-critical talent Other Information:
The challenge: The federal workforce is losing the war for talent. Few college students (13 percent) say they are knowledgeable
about federal opportunities and how to apply for them. The opaque and cumbersome hiring process is a major deterrent to applicants,
and government rarely fills mid-level or high-level positions with candidates outside its ranks. The result is a government
workforce that is isolated and out of touch with the rest of our nation's labor market. The challenge is particularly acute
for mission-critical talent, which includes people with expertise in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.
Government's struggle to compete for top talent is especially troublesome at a time when more than half of the Senior Executive
Service, government's senior-most leaders, are poised to retire and take their institutional knowledge and specialized expertise
with them. With these departures, government has an opportunity to reshape the workforce, but it must reimagine the talent
it needs and be able to compete for it. The opportunity: We can increase knowledge about federal careers and remove impediments
to public service by: reforming the hiring process; educating college and university students, faculty and career professionals
about federal opportunities and how students can apply for them; and working directly with federal agencies to improve the
way they recruit and hire top talent at all levels.
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