RELATED March 31, 2026 The State of Federal Data Products in 2025 March 24, 2026 Partnership for Public Service’s public comments on OPM’s “Managing Senior Professional Performance” March 24, 2026 Partnership for Public Service's public comments on OPM's "Performance Appraisal for Non-SES Federal Employees" Back to Reports SSA: Recruiting For Careers, Not Jobs February 20, 2004 Aging baby boomers have created explosive workload growth for the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA will take on responsibility for providing education and assistance services to 41 million Americans as they enroll in the the new Medicare drug prescription plan over the next year. Meeting these demands would be a major challenge for any organization, but particularly difficult for one confronting the employee “retirement wave” that SSA faces. To meet the challenge, SSA is aggressively implementing an integrated recruitment strategy that has enabled it to hire over 9,000 persons over the last three years while also boosting workforce