AMCOM scores big at BEYA Thirty new employees accept offers to become Army civilians

If you ask most government employees how long the hiring process takes, you will likely get a chuckle and an answer ranging from a couple of months to nearly a year. All of the answers are correct and usually have legitimate reasons — security clearances, qualification checks, syncing calendars to coordinate panel interviews — but all of these steps take time. However, extended hiring timelines are one of the reasons the Army is losing the war for talent. It is also why the Army Materiel Command piloted a new program called Rocket Vetting for Rapid Hiring at the Becoming Everything You Are Science, Technology, Engineering and Math career fair held Feb. 16-17 in Baltimore, Maryland.