FDA Workforce Problems Include Long Hiring Cycle, Large Temporary Staff
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A report on the state of FDA’s workforce finds that eight of 10 medical officers are temporary or term appointed and that it takes about six months to bring an employee onboard. FDA’s new Office of Human Resources is seeking to reduce the time to hire.
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