A career in government offers the excitement of being at the center of the action, the satisfaction of doing good, interesting work, wide influence, respect and good pay. John F. Kennedy spoke of the need to fulfill our talents. Those who work for government for a while, then move to careers in business benefit from the experience. Starting a career in government is harder than in private business due to downsizing and more elaborate application procedures.
Turnover is slow.
Quite frankly, civil service positions are virtually lifetime sinecures. Furthermore, unlike the situation some years ago, present recruitment practices do not favor recent graduates who may be highly capable, but unproven. This page concentrates on management positions. Like government employees in general, the vast majority of managers are in the civil service . This means they are hired at a junior level, have their entire careers in the system and are protected from arbitrary termination based on their party affiliation.