Bring 'Em On Board

Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, says the non-profit has had an unprecedented response from federal agencies in response to training the organization is offering on how to improve the process of bringing new employees on board.

“We have been struck by the overwhelming response this report has generated in just a single day,” Stier said. “We are conducting a workshop tomorrow with a set of federal agencies that is so oversubscribed that we had to set a second date that is also oversubscribed.”

More than 60 people are signed up for tomorrow’s workshop, from every major federal agency, Stier said. They may be attracted by evidence that strong onboarding programs can increase retention rates by 25 percent, a key statistic as the retirement wave looms over the federal coastline. --Alyssa Rosenberg