Current：Home > FinanceFederal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment -Wealth Impact Academy
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
View
Date：2025-04-16 14:35:40
President Trump is making big moves to shrink and reshape the federal workforce. He's offered buyouts, instituted a hiring freeze, and called for prioritizing job seekers who are "passionate about the ideals of our American Republic." While his actions have drawn criticism, some see an opportunity for the new administration to improve the federal hiring process.
Today on the show, Jennifer Pahlka, Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, tells us why, in her view, government hiring has been broken for a long time while sharing her thoughts on Trump's proposals to fix it.
Related episodes:
What happens when Social Security runs out of money? (Apple / Spotify)
Why Trump's potential tariffs are making business owners anxious (Apple / Spotify)
veryGood！ (4)
Related
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- ManningCast schedule: Will there be a 'Monday Night Football' ManningCast in Week 6?
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs will remain in jail as a 3-judge panel considers his release on bail
- Forget the hot takes: MLB's new playoff system is working out just fine
- Bodycam footage shows high
- Cardi B Reveals What Her Old Stripper Name Used to Be
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Age Brackets
- Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp' players: A guide to the actors who make his 'Fiction' iconic
- Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
- What TV channel is Bengals vs. Giants game on? Sunday Night Football start time, live stream
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- 1 adult fatally shot at a youth flag football game in Milwaukee
- Opinion: Harris has adapted to changing media reality. It's time journalism does the same.
- Back to the hot seat? Jaguars undermine Doug Pederson's job security with 'a lot of quit'
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Texas driver is killed and two deputies are wounded during Missouri traffic stop
- Why Aoki Lee Simmons Is Quitting Modeling After Following in Mom Kimora Lee Simmons' Footsteps
- 2025 Social Security COLA: Your top 5 questions, answered
Recommendation
John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
Country singer Brantley Gilbert pauses show as wife gives birth on tour bus
Concerns for playoff contenders lead college football Week 7 overreactions
Kyle Larson wins, Alex Bowman disqualified following NASCAR playoff race on the Roval
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
Will Freddie Freeman play in NLCS Game 2? Latest injury updates on Dodgers first baseman
Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
When is 'Tracker' back? Season 2 release date, cast, where to watch