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I read last week that although most recent college grads are having problems finding work, there are exceptions. One of those are, sad to say, legal professiona
by MaysonL 15y ago
I read last week that although most recent college grads are having problems finding work, there are exceptions. One of those are, sad to say, legal professionals seeking government work. The federal government is snatching up young lawyers and even paying off all their college bills in addition to their salary. In return we're creating an army of legal attack dogs in each agency looking for new ways to "fix" things for their paymasters.
Got a link for that? Given that there are about 600K less government jobs in the US currently than there were when this administration took office, I'd be surprised if there's been a great surge in legal hiring (although I'm willing to be convinced).
- rfrey 15y agoGot a link for the 600k figure? According to the US Office of Personnel Management, http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/employment_access.asp http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/employment_access.asp, these are the annual numbers: Sept 2011 - 2,130,289 Sept 2010 - 2,113,210 Sept 2009 - 2,038,183 Sept 2008 - 1,938,821
- anigbrowl 15y agoThe 600k is probably across all government sectors, not just federal: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES9000000001 http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES9000000001 Federal employment is slightly above its medium-term average: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES9091000001 http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES9091000001 The large spike in 2010 is the US census, which by law must be conducted every 10 years. Other than that, though, federal employment isn't exactly ballooning; the trend is (gently) downward, as you can see from both the graphs and the monthly numbers underneath.