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- [Narrator] Kessel Run,
along with Air Force

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Life Cycle Management
Center and material command,

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compressed month-long hiring
process to mere weeks.

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Officials reviewed more
than 200 applications

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and interviewed 57 candidates.

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Of those, 12 accepted
job offers immediately

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during a two-day hiring event
in Boston January 23 and 24.

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- They're cutting the
hiring time down from, gosh,

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seven months to days, so
it's pretty fantastic.

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- [Narrator] More than half of those hired

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had no prior military affiliation,

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bringing a significant
injection of fresh talent

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into the Department of Defense.

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- Some had prior military experience,

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some had no military
experience whatsoever.

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So, they're people who want to serve,

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want to serve maybe, you
know, in a different way

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than joining the military
which is phenomenal.

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- [Narrator] Aligning
with the program's goal

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of benefiting from a diverse workforce,

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about 40 percent of those
job offers were for women.

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- So, we have a very
wide range of candidates.

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Some of them are finishing
up their last semester

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of college, and others who
had many years of experience

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as a senior software developer.

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- Well, congratulations,
we'd love to employ you.

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- [Narrator] New employees
will program, manage projects,

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and work on major software programs.

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This is Rick Berry, Hanscom
Air Force Base, Massachusetts.