New ‘LinkedIn for government’ helps Americans get into public service

After bouncing around employers for much of her career, Joya Patel says she finally felt settled when she joined the Department of Health and Human Services in 2023. That was especially true after being promoted to its director of communications the following year. “I never had a plan in life,” she says, “but after working at HHS for the amount of time that I did I finally did have a plan. And it was just ripped away from me.” On February 14, 2025, Patel became one of thousands of fe...