Executive Order 24-04 | Toolkit

Competency-based hiring plans

By March 1, 2025, each agency will submit an initial hiring plan outlining the steps they will take to transition towards competency-based hiring. Please answer the following questions in your plan:

1. What actions has your agency started taking? 

This will allow us to share promising practices across the enterprise. Components to consider: 

• Identifying and evaluating competencies/skills 
• Preparing hiring managers/panels 
• Scope: all positions descriptions or just as positions come open 

2. What additional resources/support do you need to implement this EO? 

• We will figure out what we can provide within the current resource constraints we are all experiencing. 

Send your initial hiring plans to StateHR@ofm.wa.gov by March 1, 2025: