On the Hunt for Millennials

Young employees are important to the future of government. So how can agencies recruit and retain them?

Miguel Joey Aviles, 29, didn't always see himself working for the government. Neither did Joseph Maltby, 32. But, like many of the younger people they know, they were attracted to the prospect of helping people.

"I did know—like a lot of Millennials—that I wanted to do something to serve the public in some capacity," Maltby says.

Now Aviles works in the federal gover