OPM issues new strategic plan for hiring at federal agencies
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OPM issues new strategic plan for hiring at federal agencies

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 20266 min
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  • Politics

Five overarching goals will define agencies’ hiring strategies for the next couple of years. The Trump administration is calling for skills-based assessments, expanded outreach, transparency and digitization, pooled hiring and data-driven decisions. The Office of Personnel Management’s new strategic recruitment plan for 2026-28 comes as OPM is also pushing for increased hiring of tech talent, as well as younger employees. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This is a Federal News Network Podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast… OPM issues a new strategic plan for hiring at federal agencies. The Space Force launches an outreach program for grades 3 through 12.

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And the Social Security Administration makes progress toward an accurate Social Security number database program. These stories and more on today's federal newscast. Welcome to the federal newscast. I'm Michelle Sandeford. Five overarching goals will define agencies hiring strategies for the next couple of years.

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The Trump administration is calling for skills-based assessments, expanded outreach, transparency and digitization, pooled hiring, and data-driven decisions. The Office of Personnel Management's new Strategic Recruitment Plan for 2026 through 2028 comes as OPM is also pushing for increased hiring of tech talent as well as younger employees. The Space Force is launching

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