{"id":26042,"date":"2023-08-15T14:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/15\/office-of-personnel-management-to-revamp-pathways-internship-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:06:32","slug":"office-of-personnel-management-to-revamp-pathways-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/career-management\/2023\/08\/15\/office-of-personnel-management-to-revamp-pathways-internship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Personnel Management to revamp Pathways internship program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Office of Personnel Management is proposing changes to the Pathways Program<\/a>, a <\/b>governmentwide internship that once boasted 60,000 opportunities, to broaden eligibility for applicants without traditional college degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pathways, which includes three internship programs for students and recent graduates to train for federal employment, would expand to applicants who may not have attended college but nonetheless picked up skills via apprenticeships or other hands-on learning, such as the Peace Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the years since the creation of the Pathways Programs, employment trends in other sectors have shifted to better recognize the value of and utilize skills-based hiring over reliance on degrees,\u201d according to the proposed rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pathways was established via executive order in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama. Since then, the number of paid federal internships has fallen by 90%, said Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat who has proposed legislation to reform these programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t