With Unemployment at 9.7 Percent, at Least Somebody is Hiring (Source: ABC News Sept 15,2009) As the job news grows ever darker — according to the Labor Department unemployment has now hit a 26-year high of 9.7% — a ray of light is shining from one unexpected quarter: the federal government. A golden age of [...]

(From the Atlanta Business Chronicle – Sept 3, 2009) Federal agencies will be hiring more than 270,000 workers for mission-critical jobs by the end of September 2012, according to a new report from the Partnership for Public Service. The total projected hiring for mission-critical jobs is expected to jump by more than 40 percent during [...]