(From FederalTimes.com) The federal government is expected to hire 273,000
employees to fill medical, security, law enforcement, legal,
administrative and other critical jobs over the next three years,
according to a study released today by the Partnership for Public
Service.
The
hiring projections are far higher than in 2007, when the partnership
predicted the government would hire about 193,000 employees with
critical skills between fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2009.
The
latest “Where the Jobs Are” report, which covers fiscal 2010 through
2012, predicts jobs for attorneys and others with legal expertise will
be in far greater demand than they have been in recent years. The
government is expected to hire nearly 23,600 attorneys, claims
examiners and contact representatives — who answer the public’s
questions about tax, Social Security and other matters — between 2010
and 2012. That’s more than double the amount of hires projected between
2007 and 2009.
A
large portion of the growth in hiring legal experts will come from the
Veterans Affairs Department, which is expected to add nearly 4,300
claims examiners to help it assist thousands of veterans returning from
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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