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Federal jobs–the hidden job market?

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Recently, I was at the Career Directors International Empowerment Summit in Orlando, Florida.

While I learned lots of interesting things, probably one of the most surprising for me was the talk on Federal Jobs.

Barb Adams, the President & CEO of CareerPro Global Inc., taught us what agencies were hiring  and how the Obama Administration is growing government. There are plans to expand services for many agencies and fund new programs including expansion of of the FDIC and SEC. There are thousands of jobs available for financial, lending and banking job seekers.  Even more at the highest levels of government that are looking for CEO, CIO, & CFOs. You can find these jobs at www.usajobs.com

Here are some tips you need to know that I learned from CareerPro Global:

  • The government will be hiring over 293,000 mission-critical jobs in the next two years in over 2,000 different departments, agencies and career fields. (Woot!)
  • More than 40% of the 1.6 current federal employees will retire within the next 5 years. (hint: thousands of open jobs)
  • Thanks to the Obama Administration and the Stimulus Plan, more federal positions are opening every day to manage grants and contracts associated with these projects.
  • Obama Stimulus Plan will create 5 million new green jobs by investing in biofuels and fuel infrastructure, manufacturing new technology, and green technologies.
  • Department of Defense has 3,000 open jobs for Admin positions and 1,000 for IT (cyber defense and security).

According to Barb, the government is looking for “new blood” and are hiring new employees at the Upper-Level grades starting at GS-11 and above. What’s more, the SES is looking for new leadership outside of government walls with strong core executive competencies. According to Obama’s budget, it will increase the number of civilian employees in the Executive Branch to more than 2 million workers– for the first time since President Clinton took office in 1992.

Lastly, did you know that federal jobs will pay up to $60,000 in student loans?

What are you waiting for? Go here to find the job and go here to have CareerProGlobal write your KSA!





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Written by Erin Kennedy, MCD, CMRW, CPRW - Visit the website to hire executive resume writer Erin Kennedy, CERW, CPRW

Erin is an internationally renowned certified resume writer specializing in professional and executive level resumes and career services.

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3 Responses to “Federal jobs–the hidden job market?”
  1. Karen says:
    October 28, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    I have had a surge of inquires to write a federal job resume- astonished really. There must be a boulder that got turned over.

    I see the same problem every time… people are NOT qualified enough, but are jumping on this bandwagon because of things like the pay, the benefits for loan payback, etc… I would really recommend that only those that are truly qualified apply. Otherwise, you are simply wasting your time. I have spoken with a few headhunters who have said the same thing.

    There are several individuals that are not fully qualified for a federal position- but would make one hell of a corporate CIO, COO, etc… Try them out.

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  2. IT jobs says:
    July 1, 2010 at 9:38 am

    I wonder if the UK government will be hiring. WIth the state of the country’s finances, I doubt there would be many jobs going but it wouldn’t hurt to try. You could learn a lot from a job like that and you would get some amazing experiences – and maybe some interesting insight!

  3. Samantha says:
    July 27, 2010 at 4:52 am

    80% of all positions are filled without employer advertising. These positions are filled by–or created for–candidates who come to an employer’s attention through employee recommendations, referrals from trusted associates, recruiters, or direct contact with the candidate.
    .-= Samantha´s last blog ..Reasons for High Life Insurance Premiums =-.

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