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Talent & Hiring

Hiring Process

Improving the mechanics of government recruitment, assessment, and onboarding.

11 organizations work on Hiring Process, and 4 people or opportunities on Connect carry it.

Who works on it

Four fellowships (Assembly, Senate, Executive, Judicial) placing 64 fellows/year at highest levels of CA state government for 10-11 months. Fellows assist legislators, senior executive staff, and…

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10-week paid summer placement of early-career technologists in federal, state, and local government. Five tracks: data, design, product, software, cybersecurity. 700+ alumni.

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18-month mayoral initiative placing recent masters graduates in DC government agencies. Three 6-month rotations across government operations, health/human services, public safety, planning, or…

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Two-year paid fellowship placing recent graduates in high-impact state/local government roles. Published AI x Talent research for states.

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Holly GovTech

AI-powered platform modernizing government hiring. Automates job description creation with 45,000+ templates, provides real-time salary benchmarking, and reduces government hiring cycles that average…

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Lead for America Fellowships

AmeriCorps-backed fellowship placing young leaders in local governments and nonprofits in their hometowns, focused on rural and underserved communities. Runs the American Connection Corps digital…

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Nonpartisan organization working for better government and a stronger civil service. Advocates for reform through its Government for a New Era initiative and trains public servants at the federal,…

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Connects senior technologists with government roles and helps new administrations build tech leadership from day one, including first-100-days playbooks for states. Co-runs TELI executive training…

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U.S. Digital Corps Government

Two-year early-career federal fellowship (est. 2021) in software, data, product, design, and cybersecurity, run by GSA TTS. Paused: its largest cohort (2024) graduated in 2026, but no 2025 cohort was…

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Work for America Advocacy

Advocacy organization working to modernize government hiring and talent pipelines, combining direct workforce programs with HR policy advocacy.

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The Lab at OPM Government Sunset

Defunct (Apr 2025). Former OPM innovation lab (2012-2025) that pioneered human-centered design in the federal government and built HCD capacity across agencies.

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People and opportunities on Connect

Work for America · Advocate

Job / Fellowship, Expertise, Interesting Conversation

Niskanen Center · Capacity Builder

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Interesting Conversation, Problem to Solve, Tool / Product

· Technologist

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Interesting Conversation, Tool / Product

U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Government Practitioner

Job / Fellowship

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