Government bureaucracies need, more than anything else, butts in seats. The work doesn't require so much talent as it does somebody making sure that work doesn'

Government bureaucracies need, more than anything else, butts in seats. The work doesn't require so much talent as it does somebody making sure that work doesn't get lost or forgotten about, and works its way through a process pipeline. Like a factory, but for paperwork. The bar is pretty low. If there's no reason to distrust you (i.e. can pass a low-level background check / clearance), and you have a college degree (to "certify" that you can read and write emails and reports in an office environment), and you can wait the amount of time it takes to get hired (because of the clearance etc.), then yeah, pretty much, the government has an enormous hiring quota and they're looking for warm bodies to fill it up.