As the economy continues to recover and we see more encouraging news regarding employment, inevitably people start thinking about finding new work. According to findings from the 2009 Kelly Global Workforce Index, 40 percent of employees across the United States intend to look for another job within the next year, including as many as 62 percent of workers from Generation X (ages 30-47).
Their reasons for moving on vary, ranging from personal preference, to better personal reward or compensation, or simply because new opportunities came available.
What motivates you most when you’re ready to find a new job? Rank these in order of importance:
a) Personal preference for one working environment over another.
b) Desire for fair compensation.
c) Need for intangible benefits from work.
d) It’s just a matter of availability in your line of work or in your geographic area.
The good news? No matter what inspires you to get to work every weekday, you’ll find some compelling rationale for seeking employment with the federal government, according to research released by the Partnership for Public Service. Below is a guide with detail related to your favorite reasons:
Availability …
If all the motivation you need to change jobs is access to a new opportunity, then your prospects for government work are better currently than in some areas of the private sector. Already the nation’s largest employer with nearly 1.9 million on its payroll, federal agencies are expected to hire 244,000 new employees before 2012 — a need driven by retiring baby boomers.
… in your specialty
Better still, new positions are expected across nearly every category and discipline of employment: from administrative and office work; to professional areas like accounting, marketing, law or health care; to technical specialties within engineering, IT and science.
… and in your neighborhood
Before you assume most jobs are in our nation’s capital, check the facts: almost 85 percent of federal jobs are outside the D.C. area. States with the highest number of federal employees include California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington state. Another 44,000 federal jobs are based abroad.
