by Jerry Pfeiffer
1. July 2009 12:55
The much publicized American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (commonly called the “Recovery Act”) is designed to create and/or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. Funding for government projects that will create these jobs is now starting to flow. So the question is, how does a person find a “Recovery” job?
Over 90 percent of the jobs that will be created or saved will be in the private sector, working for companies that have received contracts to provide goods or services to the government. So, it makes sense to focus your job search on government contracting companies. While many companies post their jobs on a variety of internet sites, thousands of government contractor jobs can be found on www.governmentsupportjobs.com. Government Support Jobs focuses on government contractor and government agency jobs and is free to use for job seekers.
You may also want to search the 10 percent of the Recovery jobs that will be working directly for the federal government. These job listings can be found at http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/a9recoveryjobs.aspx.
Keep in mind that you have a better chance of getting hired quickly by a government contracting company than a government agency. We suggest that you look for both types of jobs. If you take a government contractor job now, you can always switch to a civil service job later when one becomes available.
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