OPM's new federal hiring initiative to surge early-career tech talent comes after the loss of over 300,000 employees from government this year.

It doesn’t end July 15. The federal hiring freeze that has stretched six months is now the official 2025 hiring freeze. The new end date and hiring updates are below. The Trump administration has made ...

US government layoffs, budget freezes and contract terminations have put hundreds of federal, nonprofit, academic and private workers out of jobs Many people take jobs in the federal government – or ...

Federal job applicants will soon be quizzed on their favorite Trump administration policy as part of the hiring process, according to the Office of Personnel Management’s new “merit hiring plan.” “How ...

As mass layoffs continue to sweep through the federal workforce, thousands of former employees are looking to state and local governments for their next career move. And while some of these ...

While recruitment methods that businesses use can range from straightforward vetting and interviews to what at times can be downright tricky questions designed to tease out the way a candidate thinks, ...

Section 1. Background. In just 8 months, my Administration has dramatically reduced the size of the Federal workforce, improving the efficient delivery of Government services while prioritizing hiring ...

President Trump issued a memorandum Thursday extending a pause on the hiring of new federal workers through July 15. “No Federal civilian position that is presently vacant may be filled, and no new ...

The Trump administration on Thursday issued new guidelines barring federal agencies from considering race or gender in the hiring process. The guidelines, part of a Merit Hiring Plan sent to agency ...

This story has been updated at 1:30 p.m. ET. A trio of federal employee unions on Thursday sued the Office of Personnel Management seeking to excise essay questions recently added to most federal job ...

Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of President Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

President Donald Trump is accelerating efforts to transform the nonpartisan, merit-based federal workforce into one that demands and rewards loyalty to the president, according to civil servants, ...