Recession? What Recession? BIG GOVERNMENT Continues to HIre

Stimulus Package to Increase Government Hiring By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert The federal government will need to hire an additional 200,000 workers over the next three years as a result of President Obama's stimulus plan and additional spending included in his budget plan. That may sound like a lot of jobs, but it's just slightly less than half of the 384,000 additional employees... [more]

Stimulus Package to Increase Government Hiring By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert The federal government will need to hire an additional 200,000 workers over the next three years as a result of President Obama's stimulus plan and additional spending included in his budget plan. That may sound like a lot of jobs, but it's just slightly less than half of the 384,000 additional employees Uncle Sam already needed to pick up between 2009 and 2012 just to replace existing federal employees expected to leave their jobs. "That 384,000 is a projection for retirements, voluntary separations, reductions in force and a few folks who will die on the job," says John Palguta, vice president of policy for the Partnership for Public Service, a Washington, DC, advocacy group working to advance public-sector careers. With a total of nearly 600,000 openings over the next three years, what options could there be for you? About 85 percent of federal jobs are located outside Washington, DC. But, since many stimulus-related jobs involve command, control, tracking or oversight, a sizable proportion -- up to 22 percent -- could be located in the District of Columbia itself, Palguta says. [less]