Not Your Father's Government Job More than 20 million Americans work for the government. I was calling the USA Job hotline, and the recorded voice listed various information options. The second opening was for a computer specialist in Tennessee. Jour Most of us know about the FBI, NASA, and the State Department. But we may not realize that federal jobs go beyond law enforcement, aerospace, diplomacy, and foreign service.
Many government agencies provide one-stop job shopping on the Internet.
A good deal of our attraction is for people who want a little adventure in their lives. The federal government is also working hard, he maintains, to be attractive to those who want a good salary. We're constantly studying salaries, recognizing our need to be competitive. A quick look at Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for several professions shows that the federal government is doing quite well. Federal government median wages were also higher for electrical and aeronautical engineers, accountants and auditors, human resources managers and specialists, and financial managers.