{"id":230555,"date":"2026-04-02T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/cybercorps-grads-consider-private-sector-as-fed-hiring-challenges-persist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:35:10","slug":"cybercorps-grads-consider-private-sector-as-fed-hiring-challenges-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/cybercorps-grads-consider-private-sector-as-fed-hiring-challenges-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"CyberCorps grads consider private sector as fed hiring challenges persist"},"content":{"rendered":"

CyberCorps grads consider private sector as fed hiring challenges persist<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-02 18:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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In mid-February, hundreds of CyberCorps students and recent graduates logged into the program\u2019s virtual career fair, cautiously hopeful of finding a federal job that would fulfill the requirement to serve in government in return for their scholarship.<\/p>\n

In past years, many CyberCorps grads had walked away from the annual fair with job offers in hand. The event gives scholarship recipients a chance to connect directly with agency recruiters and apply for jobs on the spot.<\/p>\n

But this year, the typical in-person career fair had been shifted to the virtual platform. Instead of the 75-plus agencies that typically showed up to the in-person fair, roughly 40 agencies were at February\u2019s virtual event.<\/p>\n

And many of them didn\u2019t have any job openings. Some had virtual booths staffed by chatbots rather than people.<\/p>\n

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Some agencies that did have openings were promoting jobs that weren\u2019t specific to cybersecurity. Scholars said the FBI, for instance, advertised 1,000 job opens for generic special agent positions. Other agencies were only advertising openings for mid- and senior-level positions, rather than entry-level roles.<\/p>\n

Rather than being able to apply in-person, most recruiters were telling the CyberCorps scholars to apply for any openings through USAJobs, defeating the purpose of the exclusive fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are not ideal,\u201d one CyberCorps student, who graduates in May, told Federal News Network on the day of the fair.<\/p>\n

Their challenges at the virtual fair punctuated a difficult 14 months for recent and soon-to-be CyberCorps scholars. Even though last year\u2019s federal hiring freeze has been lifted, scholars continue to see a shortage of opportunities following the Trump administration\u2019s workforce cuts.<\/p>\n

Federal News Network spoke to four CyberCorps scholars on condition of anonymity. Several said they\u2019re now considering private sector jobs and claimed many of their colleagues are doing the…<\/p>\n

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