GOVERNMENT HIRING
Hire top government talent first
Compliant, merit-based hiring doesn’t have to be slow. Cangrade’s software automates government hiring with skills-based candidate screening and interview scheduling, so qualified candidates don’t disappear into a months-long process.
90% less recruiter admin time
Native NEOGOV integration
Patented bias removal
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WHY CANGRADE FOR GOVERNMENT
Built for how government hiring works
From slow pipelines to workforce planning, here’s what we make easier.
TIME-TO-HIRE
Automate what you control. Compress the rest.
Automate screening, assessment, scheduling, and candidate communication so your time-to-hire stays competitive. Self-scheduling alone removes the back-and-forth that adds weeks to your process. One government agency using Cangrade cut recruiter admin time by 90%.
SKILLS-BASED HIRING
Stop screening for resumes. Start screening for the job.
Most government postings still lead with credentials and years of service instead of the skills that predict who succeeds. Cangrade gives you the tools to surface and assess the soft skills that actually predict performance for a compliant skills-based hiring process that drives results.
CANDIDATE FIT
Find candidates looking for purpose-driven work, not just a paycheck.
You can’t out-salary the private sector, and you don’t have to. Cangrade’s assessments measure the skills and motivations that predict who stays for public-impact work and performs, not just who applies for it. Then structured and video interviewing tools help you dig deeper to ensure alignment.
CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE
Don’t lose candidates to a clunky application.
Outdated platforms are one of the top government hiring barriers. Cangrade’s hiring solutions automatically screen, schedule, and message candidates to keep candidates engaged. Deployed inside your existing NEOGOV workflow, there’s no new IT project or parallel system to manage.
SKILLS GAPS & SUCCESSION PLANNING
Move from reactive scramble to proactive pipeline.
Close skills gaps and grow your bench before a vacancy forces your hand. Internal Talent Marketplace scores your workforce against open and upcoming roles, while Jules EX surfaces skills gaps and builds development plans to close them.
END-TO-END CANDIDATE SCREENING
One platform for every stage of the hire
Cangrade works across screening, assessment, interviews, and retention, all inside the tools you already use.
Resume Screen
Rank every application by job fit the moment it arrives. No manual review, no resume piles.
Talent Assessment
Deploy custom hard and soft skills assessments instantly. Bias-free and fully explainable.
Structured Interview
Deliver consistent interviews that probe the skills most critical to success without the planning.
Interview Scheduling
Eliminate bottlenecks and coordination for a faster, more engaging hiring process with customizable candidate self-scheduling.
Video Interviews
Screen candidates at scale with async and live video interviewing with transparent scoring.
Reference Checking
Reveal performance patterns and retention red flags fast with automated reference checks.
Candidate Matching
Make the most of your talent pool. One assessment matches all of your candidates to any open role.
Retention Forecast
Measure what drives retention at your agency and predict which candidates will stay and perform.
NATIVE INTEGRATION
Already using NEOGOV? You’re most of the way there.
Screening results, assessment scores, and candidate data flow directly into your NEOGOV workflow, so your team keeps working exactly as they do today, just with better data behind every decision.
Not using NEOGOV? We still integrate.
CUSTOMER STORIES
How government teams are using Cangrade
US GOVERNMENT AGENCY
90%
Less recruiter admin time.
NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
FDNY
Built an auditable, bias-free selection process.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What government teams ask us most
Does Cangrade integrate with NEOGOV?
Yes. Cangrade connects directly to NEOGOV so assessment scores, screening results, and candidate data live inside the workflow your team already uses. No parallel system, no manual re-entry.
How does Cangrade keep hiring merit-based and legally defensible?
Cangrade creates a structured, replicable hiring process focused solely on evaluating skills not credentials. Every assessment runs through our patented bias-removal process (US Patent No. 11,429,859) and tested across all EEOC-protected demographic groups. Scoring is transparent and auditable, so you can show your work if a hire is ever questioned.
We can’t change our civil service rules. Can Cangrade still help?
Yes. Most of the delay in government hiring happens in the stages agencies do control: screening, scheduling, and candidate communication. Cangrade automates those stages so the parts of the process you can speed up get faster.
Wherever you are in the process, there’s a next step.
JUST LOOKING
Calculate your savings
See what you could save on time-to-fill and turnover costs.
RESEARCHING
See government results
How a U.S. government agency cut recruiter admin time by 90%.
READY TO TALK
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Talk through your specific government agency’s hiring requirements.