In December, President Obama issued an executive order on Monday evening scrapping a controversial federal internship program. The order shuts down the Federal Career Intern Program -- whose popularity as a means for quickly hiring new employees has skyrocketed since it was created in 2001 -- as of March 2011. The directive also establishes three pathways for students and recent graduates to enter the federal workplace. The programs are tailored to recruit, train and retain well-qualified candidates. To read more about this exciting new program for entry level positions into the federal government, click HERE.
