Government & Public Sector

Modernize your hiring. Strengthen your teams. Serve your communities better.

Public Service. Smarter Workforce.

Behind every great public service is a workforce that’s committed, capable, and built to last.
AssessFirst helps agencies and public institutions attract, assess, and retain the right people — with predictive accuracy and full compliance.

Because serving the public starts with hiring the right people.

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Platform

Key Talent Challenges in the
Public Sector

Your Sector’s Daily Realities:

Aging workforce with rising retirements
Long hiring cycles with high candidate drop-off
Rigid hiring using old standards
Poor visibility on internal talent and succession

You need to hire better — not just faster.

Benefits

Predict Future Performance, Commitment, and Fit — Objectively.

AssessFirst gives you data-driven clarity on who will succeed in your environment.

We assess :

Soft Skills: integrity, conscientiousness, public service orientation
Cognitive Agility: abstract reasoning, situational adaptability
Hard Skills: language proficiency, basic technical literacy
Motivational Fit: alignment to mission, structure tolerance, resilience

We help you identify who’s wired to thrive in service-driven and regulated environments.

ROI

Measured Impact Across U.S. Governmental Clients

Clients in the sector report:

+27%

Improvement in time-to-hire through automation

-42%

Attrition in public-facing and frontline roles

+35%

Increase in internal mobility from support to leadership functions

+3x

More team productivity

Platform

Built for Compliance, Scale, and Institutional Integrity

EEOC, ADA, and DEI compliant — with audit-ready processes

Predictive job models available for civil service, administrative, safety, education, healthcare & more

Holistic AI-audited algorithms to ensure fairness & transparency

API-based automation to reduce human workload in screening and onboarding

Works with the systems
you already use.

We’ve built native, plug-and-play integrations with over 35 of the world’s most popular HR tools

Need something custom?
Our Open API allows you to connect AssessFirst to any system you use — quickly and securely

Benefits

Elevate Public Service With Modern Talent Intelligence

Future-proof succession planning
Support merit-based hiring with scientific rigor
Promote equity through bias-free evaluations

Because today’s public sector challenges need tomorrow’s talent — starting now.

Over 3,500 companies place their trust in us

Assess
First

Modernize Your Workforce  — Without Compromising Your Mission.