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Few things in the federal community get as bad of a rap as the hiring process. It takes too long to hire federal workers. It\u2019s too cumbersome. We have too many, or not enough authorities for hiring managers to understand.\nWithout a doubt the federal hiring process is an easy punching bag for agency leaders as to why their workforces are missing or can\u2019t find the skillsets they need.\nAnd while the federal hiring process, or for that matter any organization\u2019s hiring process, is far from perfect, part of the problem for federal leaders, according to federal human resources experts, is they don\u2019t understand, haven\u2019t taken the time or just don\u2019t care to know how to work within the system. The same can be said for firing employees. As one long-time chief human capital officer has often told me privately, the hiring and firing systems aren\u2019t the problem, it\u2019s the people and even the technology that fall short.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices