Agencies Must Change Their Recruiting Strategies

Government Executive: President Trump recently released a management agenda that calls for developing a 21st century federal workforce—one more closely aligned with agency missions and with the specialized skills needed to meet the evolving demands of the American public.

It won’t be easy.

A recent Office of Personnel Management workforce report found that 83 percent of agencies believe that staffing shortages hamper their ability to meet mission requirements and that they are both unprepared to fill current vacancies and have not developed clear plans to recruit and retain top talent. In OPM’s 2017 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, only 42 percent of respondents said their agencies recruit people with the right skills.

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