The road to recruiting top techies isn’t always an easy street for the federal government, as agencies at times can’t compete with pay and other elements offered by the private sector.
Recognizing the challenges, officials from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Homeland Security Department on Thursday offered examples of certain federal position features and perks that can be highlighted to lure prime artificial intelligence-focused personnel.
“I think when you build a good brand, you can attract people,” DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office Program Manager Rohit Chitale said during a virtual GovernmentCIO event. “Government salaries are not what Google pays, right—or even the Gates Foundation where I used to work. That being said, DARPA has a strong brand and also we have strong links everywhere in the world.”
Chitale noted in his previous role at the foundation, people would always tell him that any person would willingly accept his call. “And I feel like that's how it is now,” he added, inferring that this plus could appeal amid recruitment.
Drawing on her wealth of experience across industry and the federal government, DHS Chief Information Officer Karen Evans expressed agreement to the barrier that higher salaries in industry roles present to federal hiring—but she also pinpointed that the public sector positions present less funding limitations when it comes to embarking on groundbreaking work.
“When you're in the government, you can do the art of the possible if you make the right business case,” Evans explained. “So you may not necessarily get your own personal salary, but [you can gain] the satisfaction in how you're affecting things into the future, and being able to do things and invest on behalf of the Am ..
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