The challenges posed by the federal government’s aging workforce extend beyond simply filling more job openings than usual. Consider the following:
- While 23 percent of the U.S. workforce is under the age of 30, that demographic comprises only 7 percent of full-time permanent federal employees.
- Federal workers have historically stayed for the entirety of their careers, but today’s recruits (across both public and private sectors) seldom imagine their first employer will be the