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Part III
                                                                                Part I  Part II  Obj 1  Obj 2  Obj 3  Obj 4  Obj 5  Part IV Part V


          4. Engage in best-in-class candidate
             assessment. Reduce barriers to entry, improve          3    FY 2024
             the application experience and reduce skills                Position description (PD) review
             deficiencies by moving to digital-based skills              conducted, and most critical PDs
             assessments. These assessments will focus                   updated to include plain language
             on skills that correlate with success in a                  and commensurate compensation
             particular role.                                            FY 2024

          5. Simplify the hiring experience                         4    Asynchronous interviews and digital
             for candidates. Simplify and streamline the                 customer-service assessments for hiring
             application process by building an applicant-               integrated as standard for customer-
             facing status tracker, creating a job-matching              service representatives
             aptitude test to help applicants find the right
             roles more quickly, and developing a new,                   FY 2024
             user-friendly, easily navigable application            5    Digital candidate assessments used
             website that increases accessibility.                       as part of the candidate selection

          6. Streamline the onboarding process for                       process for all roles
             new hires. Ease barriers to smooth onboarding
             through a standardized, improved welcome                    FY 2024
             experience for new employees, provide                  6    Redesigned hiring processes to improve
             new employees with access and technology                    applicant experience and talent matching
             more quickly, and offer more flexible training.             implemented
          7. Strategically automate and outsource
             operations to increase capacity when                   7    FY 2025
             necessary. Explore technology options and                   Hiring status-tracker developed to
             determine where contracting firms can be                    increase transparency in recruiting
             engaged for work surges to support rapid
             onboarding or automated processing when
             necessary.                                         Key dependencies
          8. Review all position descriptions and job           5.1 depends on projects in initiatives:
             requirements. Working with the Office of           4.2, 4.3
             Personnel Management and the Department
             of the Treasury, review and update position        Initiatives dependent on projects in 5.1:
             descriptions and qualification requirements,       1.9, 2.4, 2.7, 3.2-3.6, 5.2, 5.4
             such as education and years of experience;
             use analytics where possible, based on the
             latest best practices; and identify where we may
             be excluding potentially strong, suitable talent.


          Milestones


                   FY 2023
             1     Hiring plan driven by business demand
                   delivered


                   FY 2023
             2     Additional geographic options for hiring
                   pursued





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