We have to keep working and that means looking for jobs. The federal government is a big organization with almost 3 million employees. Even if the feds drop a few hundred thousand people as it turns some programs over to states, sells some activities to the private sector, or just lets some programs go, there will be some hiring in the federal sector. Even as this is written, for example, the FBI has announced plans to hire hundreds of new agents. Plus, there will be new hiring in state government and business as they pick up what the federal government relinquishes.
Today astute job hunters have to be aware of what's going on in all sectors.
The New Federal Hiring Process and Tools Luckily, as part of the reinvention effort, the federal government is trying to make it easier for the federal job seeker. Job hunter choices in written applications starting in 1995-the new optional form, a resume, or even the traditional Standard Form 171, which is no longer a requirement for federal employment or promotion. Telephone and optical scan applications for a few jobs now and a growing number of jobs in the future. These are welcome, long overdue improvements in federal hiring. A federal-style resume is a federal form without a format.