http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101027_8206.php
Remember Obama's civilian work force idea?
Did any of you get the idea that it was supposed to be intertwined into the Military?
If the military is offering more defined career paths and training them, what is the point in hiring a civilian rather than than someone that is already active in the military?
How wide open are we allowing our miltary forces to be infiltrated from the outside?
Because it really doesn't seem like we actually have a military at all now.
The Army needs to hire civilian employees faster, offer more defined career paths and improve training, a top official said during a conference on Wednesday in Washington.
Undersecretary Joseph Westphal, who detailed the new Civilian Workforce Transformation Plan, part of the 2011 Army Business Transformation Plan he approved Oct. 1, said it now takes about 130 days for the service to move on an application for civilian employment, at which point the candidate likely has moved on to other job opportunities. Westphal spoke during a press briefing at the Association of the United States Army conference.
The Army wants to slash the hiring process to 80 days, Westphal said, and plans to use the USA Staffing software the Office of Personnel Management developed to help expedite onboarding. He added the Army, which has more than 300,000 civilian employees, needs to refine the software and other tools to better match applicants and their skills with vacancies
