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 Extreme Hiring Makeover: A Makeover That Matters February 20, 2004 Current events have raised the stakes on government’s success – and to perform effectively, government needs top talent. But the federal government is in double jeopardy: More than half of all federal employees will be eligible to retire within the next five years, and there is a very thin pipeline of talent waiting in the wings to replace the skilled and experienced workers who will walk out the door. Worse yet, the way the federal government hires is often inadequate—it takes too long, is cumbersome, and may fail to produce quality results. Download (507k)