Recruiting a Department of the Army Civilian Workforce : Defense Acquisition University , May , 2024
Recruiting a Department of the Army Civilian Workforce : Defense Acquisition University , May , 2024
From the document: “Department of the Army Civilian Workforces are typically understaffed and stretched, adding significant risk to the Army’s 2030 and 2040 objectives. Adding to the risk, the general public is not aware that there is a civilian workforce that aids the Total Army in its mission. Continuing the theme of risk, an aging workforce, lack of branding, managing a multigenerational workforce, pay gaps versus private industry partners, hiring timelines, a complex employment website, and various other factors makes recruiting a Department of the Army Civilian Workforce a challenge; one which is “decades behind (the) private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs”. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study is to understand the efficacy of how the Department of the Army recruits a Civilian Workforce by gaining insight into how our defense industry partners recruit their workforces. The goal is for this study to highlight challenges facing organization leaders attempting to recruit world class talent in a timely mannerand make macro and micro level recommendations to overcome the identified challenges. There are great examples in the world of collegiate athletics and the defense industry to emulate to successfully recruit a Department of the Army Civilian Workforce charged with aiding the Total Army’s mission, “to deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt and sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force.””
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