Some mid- and high-level civil service positions are still designed with specific requisite work skills in mind. When positions open up, not only do departments look to promote their current employees, they also do open hiring. New hires sign contracts with end dates, efficiency standards, and salary terms. Doing this escapes the closed, "career-based" bureaucratic mindset and encourages innovative thinking.
部分中、高階文官的職位乃依特定職位所需要的工作職能而設計（例如中東事務的談判人才），遴選時除了透過內部升遷，也向民間招募；任職時會簽訂契約，包含固定任期、績效目標與薪俸，如此一來，可以跳脫原本封閉、永任的職涯制，鼓勵創新進取的思維。