Latest "Army talent management" stories

Junior NCO promotions have collapsed — here’s the data, and why

Promotion rates for sergeants and staff sergeants are in freefall, so Army Times crunched the numbers and found out why.

By Davis Winkie

3 months ago

Army bets on data as it sets stage for talent management revolution

It’s a data-driven world out there.

By Davis Winkie

20 months ago

Direct commissions for Army cyber officers finally gaining steam, two-star says

“The authority to direct appoint officers was last used on this scale during World War II,” said an Army Talent Management Task Force official.

By Kyle Rempfer

3 years ago

Enlisted job marketplace launches this summer for select soldiers

Armor, intelligence and some quartermaster troops will test a new assignment market system that launches this summer and is scheduled to go service-wide beginning in January 2021.

By Kyle Rempfer

3 years ago

Choose your job: Army offers soldiers career agency to bolster retention

The way the Army manages its soldiers’ careers is due for an overhaul, service leadership says, and they’re instituting new initiatives as part of the most comprehensive reform to the service’s officer personnel system since the late 1940s.

By Kyle Rempfer

3 years ago

Almost half of officers match to their top job choice under new Army system

“It is a fundamentally different way of assigning people,” said the director of the Army Talent Management Task Force.

By Kyle Rempfer

3 years ago