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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OPM's new hiring plan calls for flag pins and few intellectuals.  Or more specifically, according the Federal News Network
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Federal hiring too often focuses on elite universities and credentials, instead of merit, practical skill, and commitment to American ideals,” the strategy states.

OPM and the White House are calling on agencies to focus their recruitment efforts on state universities, religious colleges and universities, and community colleges — and reach out to students at high schools, trade and technical schools, homeschooling groups, faith-based groups and 4-H youth programs about careers in the federal workforce.
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Applicants for federal jobs will also be required to answer four essay questions, of which one is “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.”

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/05/governmentwide-hiring-plan-calls-on-agencies-to-recruit-patriotic-americans-into-federal-workforce/[/quote]
This is so weird. So many DoD employees obtained their degrees from Regent University, Troy, American Military University, UMGC, and Phoenix University. Online Bachelor degrees for military personnel [/quote]

I was thinking the same.  Outside of some elite DOJ offices (e.g. OLC, SG) and the Foreign Service, most federal employees come from pretty average colleges or no college at all.[/quote]

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