Federal hiring problems may start with how the jobs are defined
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges in federal hiring related to outdated job definitions and features insights from Gabe Menchaca.
Efforts to improve federal hiring and pay often run into the same problem. The system that defines jobs has stayed largely the same, even as the work itself has changed. Here to walk us through the problem and a path to modernization is Gabe Menchaca, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Terry Gerton
Guest: Gabe Menchaca
Topics covered
- federal hiring
- job definition
- work modernization
- government employment
- policy analysis
Keywords
- federal hiring
- job definition
- government jobs
- Niskanen Center
- policy analyst
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Niskanen Center
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