Merit Hiring Plan Crosswalk
MonsterGov 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, MonsterGov conducted an analysis to illustrate how the Monster Hiring Management Enterprise (MHME) federal talent acquisition system (TAS) is already aligned, share plans for additional MHME changes, and suggest actions for client agencies.
Many components of the Merit Hiring Plan were existing OPM initiatives, such as sharing certificates, skills-based assessments, and reducing time-to-hire, which is why MHME is already well aligned. MHME is more than just an approved solution; it is the leading FedRAMP-secure federal talent acquisition system available. We bring 23+ years of experience serving over 100+ federal agencies, combining government-specific functionality with private sector best practices and data-driven innovation to reduce time-to-hire and improve hiring outcomes. MHME was purpose-built to meet federal needs, and as a commercial solution, goes beyond compliance to offer far greater power, capability, and flexibility than what other competitors can offer. Specifically, MHME features a time-saving and effective Position Classification system, streamlined Job Analysis technology, skills-based hiring assessments that allows agencies to re-use candidate scores across announcements, personalized Onboarding, and other solutions that support the President’s seven goals and four key elements of the Merit Hiring Plan.
In alignment with the Merit Hiring Plan, MonsterGov can support its federal agencies with:
 Deploying our off-the-shelf standardized alternative assessments for non-supervisory and supervisory positions through our MHME-integrated testing platform |
 Partnering with us to develop and implement agency and/or position-specific technical and alternative assessments. |
 Automating your SME-based assessments with the MHME Collaborate module, like your technical structured resume reviews and structured interviews. |
 Implementing our future Shared Certificates module for MHME to quicken time to hire and lay the foundation for a future candidate repository with resume mining, skills-based searches, and curated applicant lists. |
 Leveraging the new, short essay questions added to MHME. |
 Exploring avenues to expand existing applicant communications. |
 Discussing OPM’s standardized templates for position descriptions to determine how agencies can utilize them. |
Collaborating with OPM to understand evolving reporting needs and how we can support. MonsterGov remains committed to governmentwide hiring priorities and collaborating with its agencies on strategic and effective innovations to streamline, automate, and advance federal talent acquisition. Our federal agencies have already vetted MHME as the best solution to support merit-based hiring and their decision complies with EO 14271, which prioritizes cost-effective, commercial technology for federal use.
As with all OPM-led initiatives, we are actively clarifying requirements and will work with our agency partners to determine the best path forward.