The program is one of three parts of the Pathways Program for placing students and recent graduates into federal jobs. Image: Andrii Yalanskyi/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffOPM has selected 825 applicants as finalists for the 2024 class of Presidential Management Fellows, a program it says “supports federal agencies government-wide in fulfilling leadership succession planning goals and helps build a core of potential leaders for the federal government.”
More than 7,000 persons from more than 260 academic institutions and more than 100 different degree programs had applied, it said, and over the next year the finalists “will have the opportunity to interview with federal agencies across government to find placements.”
The program is one of three parts of the Pathways Program for placing students and recent graduates into federal jobs, with the opportunity to convert later to competitive service status. The fellows program primarily places those with advanced degrees in public administration and related fields into positions at the GS-9 thorough -12 levels, with recipient agencies expected to provide on the job training and other career development.
Said OPM, “PMFs are appointed to a two-year, full-time federal position with salary and benefits, where they apply their skills while engaging in leadership development training that includes experiential learning, cohort-based interactive training, and optional rotational experiences.”
It said that on average in recent years, 87 percent of fellows took a permanent or term position with the government afterward.
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