Outdated hiring practices are to blame, says Partnership for Public Service President Max Stier.
Polls show that, compared to other generations, millennials believe in an active federal government.
Most millennials favor a “bigger government providing more services,” finds the Pew Research Center, while another survey by Deloitte finds that millennials overwhelmingly support government’s potential to solve such pressing problems as climate change and income inequality.
Yet only 7 percent of current federal workers are under age 30 – the lowest share in almost a decade. Why are so few millennials working in federal government?
Anne Kim 