"The Office of Personnel Management in December launched a new internship program as part of a broader effort to bring tech talent into the government, but a nonpartisan nonprofit seeking to strengthen agency opportunities for college students is concerned that recent efforts to shrink the federal workforce will hinder the program's success. "It will not be as easy as they think it will be to recruit people back," warned Michelle Amante, senior vice president of government programs at the Partnership for Public Service."
"Under the new "semester of service" student volunteer service program, the Trump administration is aiming to initially select 200 students for tech-focused internships. The program will be administered through OPM, and Amante argued that centralizing internship processes in the government's human resources agency will ease onboarding and recruitment. Still, she's worried that "adding this to [OPM's] plate will be an impossible task" due to workforce reductions at the agency over the past year."
"Another potential hurdle to the program's recruitment success, Amante said, is that the interns will be unpaid. "It is impossible for most young adults to spend a summer without getting paid, particularly if they have to relocate to D.C. or any other major metropolitan area," she said. "So they're immediately decreasing their pool to people who are financially capable of making that commitment.""
OPM launched a "semester of service" internship program in December to recruit tech talent and initially select 200 students for tech-focused internships. The program will be administered centrally through OPM to streamline onboarding and recruitment. A nonprofit expressed concern that recent federal workforce reductions at OPM could make centralizing internship processes difficult. The internships are unpaid, which will likely limit applicants to those who can afford unpaid work or who can participate remotely. OPM stated internships will be dispersed nationwide so students can participate from where they live, and completing the internship does not directly lead to a full-time position.
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