An antiquated hiring process could be stymieing federal efforts to recruit young tech talent, a new survey suggests.
About 43 percent of millennials—those born between 1979 to 1997—think the federal government should use social media to connect with recruits, according to an Accenture Federal survey. McGuire Research, which performed the survey, canvassed 500 D.C., Maryland and Virginia residents.
Older generations were less enthusiastic about social media in hiring; only about 31 percent of baby boomer and Generation X respondents—including those born between 1946 and 1978—thought the government should be using social media.
