Improve IRS Employee Hiring, Recruitment, Retention, and Training Processes

Activity 1: Review and analyze the IRS Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 hiring and recruitment strategies and propose suggestions on improving recruitment efforts and speeding up the pace of hiring.

Activity 2: Collaborate with hiring and training subject matter experts within each of the IRS’s Business Operating Divisions in FY 2025 to gain direct insight from Human Capital Office (HCO) customers to identify current hurdles and inefficiencies in IRS hiring, recruitment, and training processes.

Activity 3: Work with IRS HCO to develop potential employee retention strategies and recommendations in FY 2025 to reduce the overall turnover rates of employees.

During this fiscal year, recruitment efforts will primarily target internal applicants until external hiring restrictions are lifted. No action was taken in the first quarter regarding collaboration with hiring and training subject matter experts; these efforts will commence in the second quarter. The Finance and Human Capital Director is actively participating in the Servicewide Compensation Team to develop retention strategies for managers. Future initiatives will shift focus toward retention strategies for non-managerial employees.

All recruitment activities paused by the hiring freeze effective January 20, 2025. TAS is awaiting further guidance from Treasury and the IRS Human Capital Office.

Continuing to monitor.

IRS hiring remains very limited. No activity accomplished in this quarter. Closing out due to end of fiscal year.