Find mission-driven candidates
your traditional process missed.
With ⅓ of government employees eligible to retire in the next decade, agencies are on the cusp of a hiring crisis. The only way out is to find new candidates – and new ways for them to find you.
Make it easy for future public servants to find you
GovSkills helps government agencies attract better candidates by explaining their roles, mission, and impact in clear, modern language that candidates use and understand. The result? The right candidates you didn’t even know existed.
Show real work and impact
Turn complex, bureaucratic language into common, easy-to-understand skills and objectives that resonate with qualified candidates.
Hire the right candidate, faster
Remove confusion, tout benefits, and expand your candidate pool, reducing time-to-fill from months to weeks.
Be where candidates are
Go beyond government job boards to reach the candidates you're missing – from veterans to private-sector professionals to recent graduates.
How it works
Step 1
Add your roles
Upload your existing job description to the GovSkills platform. No need to rewrite anything, we'll take it from here.
Step 2
Translate
GovSkills analyzes the whole role in context, turning government jargon and opaque goals into a clear mission and benefits so candidates understand the impact of a career in public service.
Step 3
Get role insights
Check out your updated job description along with analysis and recommendations for increasing applicant pools, role competition, compensation benchmarks, and more.
Step 4
Recruit
Use recruitment resources and a dynamic recruitment dashboard to track success, see what’s driving the most candidates, and where the most qualified candidates are coming from.
Apply to join the GovSkills community
Not enough candidates or too many of the wrong ones? Let’s chat.
GovSkills gives you early access to the fastest way to hire for government, whether at the city, county, state, or federal levels. Join our next cohort of agencies, which includes direct support from our team and a front row seat to the future of public service hiring.
FAQs
We help HR teams reach next-gen talent by translating postings and surfacing jobs where candidates already are.
No. GovSkills integrates with your existing processes to make them more effective.
We offer flexible pricing for early partners. HR teams can join our beta program to explore features and shape the product.