By HUGH J. HURWITZ
July 13, 2008
Across government, the acquisition community faces a common challenge: How do we recruit skilled contracting specialists?
Departments and agencies compete for the same candidates. Often, when the Education Department announces a job, our top applicants have already accepted other positions before we can schedule them for interviews. At Education, we have implemented several strategies to improve this situation.
Recruiting midlevel candidates presents a real challenge. At most agencies, contracting specialists progress fairly quickly to the GS-13 level and stay within the same agency. Consequently, the best candidates are often GS-7 or -9s without significant contracting experience.
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