One of the most important powers and responsibilities of the President is the ability to nominate people for thousands of jobs in the Federal government. Not all of these require the confirmation of the Senate but (as the table below shows) over one thousand do.

Since the election, news headlines have been dominated by speculation about who will fill the various leadership roles and cabinet positions that will become vacant with a new administration.

Remember that the President is really the head of a vast bureaucracy of the executive branch of the Federal government. The President sets the tone and priorities of the executive branch and its agencies but ultimately it is up to the thousands of executive branch employees to carry them out. Who they are ultimately shapes the way their jobs get done.

So far Donald Trump has nominated:

• Jeff Sessions (R Senator from Arizona) to be Attorney General
• Kansas Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA Chief
• Former General Michael Flynn for National Security Advisor

Each of the above positions needs to be confirmed by the Senate with a simple majority vote. There are many rumors about other positions but nothing official just yet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/opinion/donald-trump-is-now-hiring.html