Federal workers, who have recently lost their jobs as part of the mass dismissal recommended by ELON Musk’s government efficiency, are falling into a “cruelty competitive” job market, experts said. Newsweek.
“This is your normal ‘let’s start looking for a job.’
“To be blunt, it is a fierce job market right now, and we’ve been before 200,000 federal workers flooding on the private sector,” she said. Newsweek. “Is the job market a hard work for federal workers?
Why is it important
Donald Trump was fired by thousands of federal workers as part of his efforts to reduce the “swollen” federal government. Newsweek.
Many of the suddenly dismissed people are now looking for a new job, reporting that federal workers have increased by 50 % between January and February. The rapid surge in job search activities for former federal employees will continue when Doge cuts funds and discards contracts throughout the federal government.
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‘Cruel’ job seeking market
According to the latest data released by the Labor Statistics Bureau, the federal labor force decreased by 10,000 jobs in February and 4,000 in March. As employees who receive paid leave or retirement pay are still hired as they are hired, the number of Ax’s advisory agencies may be much higher.
Last month, the country’s unemployment rate increased to 4.2 %, while jobs decreased from 7.8 million in February to 7.6 million in March 8.4 million in March 2024.
GOODALL said, “We add and mathematics recently fired federal workers.”
In the case of Goodall, there is not enough jobs to re -absorb all federal workers who have been fired in recent months in recent months.
“Ultimately, the overall reduction of the job market depends on the type of jobs looking for workers and the rebound of employment and confidence,” said Shrivastava.
“Absorption of the contractor and contractor can be difficult in the frozen vocational market in the uncertainty, especially in the knowledge work sector with low employer demand.”
Highly professional workers should pivot
According to the company’s research, in February, the majority of federal workers who are actively looking for new jobs on the platform have received at least a bachelor’s degree compared to more than one -third of all federal workers, and showed the impact of Doge’s education on highly educated employees.
Shrivastava said, “Federal workers and contractors are highly educational and highly specialized sectors, mainly knowledge workers.
She said, “The range of jobs emphasized in the fastest growing search list,” she said.
“Horticulture at the top of the list” is likely to reflect the USDA workers who pursue professional roles. Searches for ’employee relationships’ can represent the sector of federal labor that focuses on the types of diversity, equity, and included programs.
This highly specialized workers will have difficulty finding the same role in the private job market.
Christopher Herpfer, a financial assistant professor at the University of Virginia, said, “There are accountants, lawyers and scientists who are potentially useful in the private sector, and they must find jobs relatively easily. News Week.
“But you have been in the government for 20-30 years and there are very professional people. They will be much harder to integrate into the private labor market.”
Goodall agreed.
“When we talk about highly skilled consultants, experts (thought) regulators, nuclear technology or policymakers, do you not show a position that is easy to connect to the private sector?
GOODALL is currently seeing the “separation of positions and jobs” in the US market.
“The director of the federal world is a manager of many private sectors. I assumed that dozens of federal workers were assumed to be a federal manager or director, and they would not be sweaty. Unfortunately, it is not a way of working.” “So we have a great separation with roles, titles and salaries.”
Basically, employers want the exact technology that is thought to be worthy of the industry, Goodall said.
“If you are a federal administrator with regulation compliance technology, it was probably golden and you can see various industries in the private sector, but the niche government expert said,” I have to pivot. “
“To be a good candidate, federal workers must actually maintain their resume/private brands and ringer, focus on ROI, not public services, and reconsider decades of thinking, and in the private sector, the job seeking market is difficult for all job seekers, and we are seeing difficult time for job search and job search period.
It’s not a warm illusion in the private market.
Shrivastava said that the US economy faced skilled workers in various fields, from health care to engineering, and said, “Workers with demands and skills can be absorbed into the private sector due to limited confusion.”
“Not to mention the state and/or local government agencies, which are insufficient for employees who can perform similar functions as a federal government, employers with long -term and/or high -end vacancies can welcome the inflow of the candidate.”
“But for those who have gained experience in unprecedented sectors, such as software development, IT and finance, they will face a competitive labor market with fewer openness.”
Goodall is also concerned about workers who overlap with regulatory know -how, project management, database management, thanksgiving, analysis, and organizational solving technical sets. She is all “great techniques”, but it’s all in the federal way, which is not the same times and focus in the private sector.
Optimistic, she is listening to some of her employers who are not interested in hiring a former federal employee.
“‘Training will be too many. It’s not worth it.” “The story described by some selection media is to distort the employer’s thoughts about whether the employer will be a good candidate.”
