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Jim McDermott is the director of NRC’s Office of Human Resources and the agency’s Chief Human Capital Officer. He began his government career in 1972 as a staffing and classification specialist with the Department of the Navy. In 1976 he joined the personnel staff of the newly-established Nuclear Regulatory Commission. After tours in the early 1980's as an assistant to the head of the agency and as a staff director in the NRC’s Office of Administration, Jim became the Deputy Director of the Office of Human Resources in 1986. He served in this position until 2005 when he was asked to lead the Office of Human Resources as its Director. He also serves as NRC’s Chief Human Capital Officer.