Thread: Feds to Hire 600,000 Employees by 2012

Feds to Hire 600,000 Employees by 2012

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Chris McConnell | GovCentral

600,000 over three years. 273,000 deemed mission-critical. That’s how many people the Partnership for Public Service projects the federal government will need to hire by 2012 to fill growing needs as well as replacing a baby-boomer workforce set to retire. These numbers and other hiring projections are listed just in time for some Labor Day reading in the third edition of the Where the Jobs Are report issued on Thursday.

That big number of 600,000 is the total hiring during the four years of Obama’s current term for all types of federal government positions. This is equivalent to nearly one-third of the current federal workforce.

For those worried that government is growing, Max Stier, Executive Director of the Partnership puts this number in historical context.

“It’s important to note that while there has been considerable growth in mission-critical jobs, the government is not growing significantly larger in historical terms. By the end of 2012, with all new hires, our nation’s workforce will still be smaller than it was in 1967,â€

I am highly skeptical about reports of massive baby boomer retirements. I happen to be a baby boomer, and I'm not seeing any sentiment to ride off into the sunset for most of us.

It will be interesting to see which states will sell their votes for jobs.