Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin We have to find talent: Cyber leaders push for skills-based hiring

We have to find talent: Cyber leaders push for skills-based hiring

Published: May 7, 2024, 2:33 p.m.

With nearly 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs across the country, the Biden administration is throwing down the gauntlet on skills-based hiring.\nWhite House officials just committed to using skills-based hiring for most federal IT jobs. The Office of Personnel Management is leading the effort to transition nearly 100,000 federal cyber and IT jobs to skills-based hiring by next summer. The Energy Department is leading a corresponding initiative to move federal IT contracts to skills-based hiring.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices