According to an article on Wired.com, the five-year exclusive contract the Bush administration signed with Monster.com to spearhead their hiring strategies is up for review by Obama’s camp next July.
At this point, it appears highly unlikely that the government will renew the contract with only Monster at the helm. “We’re looking at all options,” said John Berry, the government’s Head of Office of Personnel Management. Berry pointed to a mix of several possible strategies rather than outsourcing employee outreach to a single contractor, the way the previous administration did. He said he’s sat down with Facebook and Ideo to discuss recruiting and performance evaluation and is considering an open-source Twitter client like Identi.ca for facilitating communication between federal employees and potential applicants.
Changing the way the federal government recruits is all a part of a master strategy to make working for the government ‘cool’ again under Obama’s direction.
“Barack Obama is the first president since Kennedy who really gets this,” Berry said in the article. “Who understands the importance of the civil service — and that without it, this Constitution and this republic will not survive. We need the best and the brightest, and we won’t get it by denigrating them or saying they’re somehow second-class to the private sector.”
Berry also said they’re taking the public’s advice into consideration as well. Citizens who would like to be involved in the process can read (PDF) and comment on the OPM’s 2010 Strategic Plan.
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