by Jerry Pfeiffer
9. July 2009 22:21
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the private sector job market is extraordinarily volatile right now. With over 450,000 people losing their jobs each month, it’s not surprising that people are interested in job security. A recently released study by CareerBuilder confirms what many of us already know – over 80 percent of the job seekers surveyed are interested in a job supporting some portion of our Federal, State or Local governments.
As a specialist in the government job market, I couldn’t agree more. Government jobs do offer more job security, along with other benefits. And in spite of a common misconception, government jobs generally pay well. Just today, the Senate endorsed a proposed 2.9 percent pay increase for federal workers. In an environment where many private companies are implementing pay cuts on their workers in order to save their jobs, government employment becomes even more attractive.
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