‘It’s a Great Time’ for Laid off Tech Workers to Take a Job at VA, Agency CIO Says – By Edward Graham (Nextgov) / Dec 9, 2022
During a media call on Friday, the VA’s CIO and CTO discussed the department’s efforts to attract new talent amid thousands of layoffs across the tech sector.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is actively working to recruit laid off tech employees and is hopeful that a pending salary increase will help draw in new talent, VA officials said during a media roundtable on Friday.
Kurt DelBene, VA’s chief information officer and assistant secretary for information and tech, said that the thousands of layoffs across the tech sector—which have impacted Silicon Valley behemoths and small startups alike—provide “a good opportunity” for VA to bolster its own tech workforce.
“It’s happening at the same time that we’re really trying to—and being successful in—doing a transformation of IT at the VA,” DelBene said. “So we really wanted to just take an opportunity to just get the word out as to what we’re trying to accomplish, and why we think it’s a great time to actually consider a career at the VA.”
