Friday, December 5, 2025

MeriTalk: AI, VR Show Value in Federal Hiring Processes, OPM Official Says

Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) technology can both be used as great tools to help in Federal government hiring processes, according to Dr. Rebecca Ayers, group manager of HR strategy at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)…

“Another thing we’re seeing on the hiring tools is the use of AI and VR, and this ties back to the skills-based hiring,” she said. “The AI can help someone like me hire an engineer, because I can actually assess if they have the engineering skills that I need, even if I don’t know how to validate that myself.”

Ayers also noted that VR “can be used to test out things that are otherwise, you know, dangerous or too expensive.” … Read the full article here.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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