federal interns

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

Larger impacts of OPM’s hiring changes are likely further down the road, but early signs are pointing in the right direction for early-career recruitment.

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

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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

Workforce

Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals

Management

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

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

Hiring/Retention

The U.S. Capitol Building Dome is seen before the sun rises in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats support Biden’s 4.6% federal pay raise proposal

Senate Democrats unveiled 12 draft appropriations bills, with a 10.1% boost for civilian agencies, and an 8.7% increase in defense spending.

Pay

What the House appropriations bill means for a federal pay raise

Congress

With no mention of federal pay raise in the fiscal 2023 financial services and general government bill, House appropriators push forward the White House’s 4.6% proposal.