Federal Hiring Post Baby Boom Brain Drain

Stephen Barr from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602713.html

The article contends that the wave of retirements is upon us with an increasing number of Federal employees retiring in the period 2002-2006: from 30,000 to 45,000 annually. The peak is supposed to be 2008-2010 with 60,000 employees filing for retirement each of those three years.

The Federal Times also had an article this week that discussed a Federal initiative to recruit new, young workers:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3514196

Coming and going, crisis is also opportunity.