The Hiring Edge: Why ApplyGov Beats USA Staffing
Federal agencies need a talent acquisition system that’s secure, flexible, and built for real hiring challenges, not a one-size-fits-all tool. See how Apply Government Solutions FedHire compares to USA Staffing and why we remain the commercial leader in proven and innovation federal talent acquisition technology. See why FedHire beats USA Staffing in serving federal agencies Your Mission […]
Using ‘Rule of Many’ with ApplyGov’s Federal TAS
The long-awaited change to allow more flexible hiring selections and decisions is now fully in effect. Authorized by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, OPM’s new “Rule of Many” is replacing the “Rule of Three.” Federal agencies began using this rule on November 7, 2025, and had until March 9, 2026, to be in full […]
Webinar: Implementing Skills-Based Hiring Assessments per OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan
While implementing federal hiring assessments has been a governmentwide initiative since EO 13932 issued in 2020, OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan asks agencies to end the use of self-report assessments for rating and ranking by September 30, 2025. MonsterGov (now ApplyGov) hosted a webinar to help our federal agency clients and MHME (now FedHire) users better […]
Driving Federal Talent Acquisition Forward: ApplyGov and OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan
ApplyGov fully supports initiatives to modernize federal hiring and advance merit-based workforces. In fact, they’re the very reasons we exist: to bring private sector innovations and capabilities to federal talent acquisition. In response to OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan, ApplyGov conducted an analysis to illustrate how the Apply Government Solutions FedHire federal talent acquisition system (TAS) […]
Top of the TAS – Our Favorite FedHire Projects from 2024
ApplyGov’s Favorite Federal Project of 2024 Thank you to all our federal agencies for your collaboration in the continuing evolution and advancement of the Apply Government Solutions FedHire (previously MHME) talent acquisition system (TAS). Your involvement is a key part of the reason why FedHire is where it is today – a culmination of 24+ […]
Hiring Assessments 101
What are the different types of assessments and how do they Work? The federal government has traditionally relied on self-evaluation occupational questionnaires that rank applicants based on their training and experience. However, in response to the Executive Order 13932 on modernizing and improving the federal hiring process, agencies are looking to incorporate objective and skills […]
ApplyGov Corner: A Portal for MHME Users
Agency Guidance for Populating Government-Wide USAJOBS Portals with FedHire
OPM has pushed out numerous job sites to help agencies better advertise mission-critical occupations to in-demand job seekers. Some of these job sites automatically populate if agencies have relevant hiring paths marked or are using existing MCO tags in their Apply Government Solutions FedHire federal talent acquistion system. Others require agencies to update their FedHire […]
Enabling Job Analysis with Technology to Advance Better Quality Hires
For many agencies, the job analysis process of federal hiring is still done manually. HR is gathering competencies and tasks by email, working with their hiring managers and SMEs to determine the priorities, and coming up with questions that help hiring teams assess candidates against those requirements. When done right, job analysis is a highly […]
Sharing Certificates with FedHire
In support of the continuing efforts to increase collaboration and leverage the combined power between federal agencies, ApplyGov has published a how-to guide on sharing certificates, as enabled by the Competitive Service Act (CSA), using our federal talent acquisition system, FedHire. We hope to assist our federal agencies leverage the CSA to access the best-qualified […]