Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin State Department exceeds initial hiring goal with new recruitment technique

State Department exceeds initial hiring goal with new recruitment technique

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 1:45 p.m.

The State Department is using a hiring process that\u2019s gaining users across government. It's called the Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment (SME-QA). State is testing it to hire grant management specialists and foreign affairs officers, and the department said it's brought on 70 foreign service officers, exceeding its goal. For details, Federal News Network\u2019s Jory Heckman spoke with the Director of the Office of Civil Service Talent Management Kim Bruner, and HR specialist Kristen Fulcher, whom you hear first. Listen now on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices