MAP President Steven Olikara recently joined Peter Zampa to contextualize millennial attitudes towards public service. The conversation occurred shortly after Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) hosted a hearing to examine ways in which government can attract more millennials to federal government service.
“‘There’s this larger narrative that we have to combat which is that you can’t make a difference in public service...There is a systemic problem, we need cultural change, and I think the biggest thing I hear all the time is, we need to be rewarding talent and rewarding results.’”
Read the full article on KCRG-TV 9's website at the link below:
Lawmakers concerned as millennials show little interest in public service
Are millennials uninterested in public service? That's a question lawmakers are pondering in Washington. Statistics show younger generations are scared off by federal government jobs. "Bring back this sense of civic idealism that you can make a difference," said Steven Olikara, Founding President of the Millennial Action Project.