RELATED July 10, 2024 Persistently Vacant: Critical federal leadership positions go unfilled for years June 27, 2024 Making the Federal Government an Employer of Choice for Early Career Professionals June 10, 2024 The State of Public Trust in Government 2024 Back to Reports A Time for Talent: Improving Federal Recruiting and Hiring August 26, 2020 To deliver for the American people and competently respond to crises, the government must recruit and hire a world-class workforce. Yet the federal recruiting and hiring process is in drastic need of repair. In this report, the Partnership for Public Service outlines practical steps agencies can take to attract mission-critical talent while working within an existing system that is saddled by many cumbersome and complex rules and procedures. Download (1m)