Press Releases
April 8, 2010
NEED FOR CLARIFICATION:
THERE WILL BE JOBS!
Excerpt:
The article entitled "Gloomy Report Predicts Loss of 10,000 Gov't Jobs in Ottawa Over Next Three Years" that was published in the Ottawa Citizen on April 7, 2010 has raised much confusion for the federal job seeker. It has left a bleak outlook on employment opportunities in the federal government.
The article claimed that "the Ottawa-Gatineau economy could lose almost 10,000 government jobs over the next three years as new budget spending restraints cast a pall over the region". This claim was based on recent economic predictions by The Conference Board of Canada. The Conference Board is merely making predictions about the local employment situation of the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
"Since the federal government has introduced a new budget that is, in effect, a complete reversal on the stimulus spending of a year ago, it is logical to equate that with lowered job expectations here in Ottawa" says Ned Diaz, a Senior Consultant with the JobHunters - The Federal Employment Specialists. The 10,000 or so jobs that the Conference Board is predicting will be lost does not all come from the Federal Public Service, but from the Public Service in general, which includes Provincial and Municipal employees as well. This can include everything from construction workers, social services employees, arms-length government agencies employees, city hall employees and yes, public administration employees in the Federal Government.
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April 1, 2010
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT STILL
AN OPTION FOR JOB SEEKERS
Excerpt:
The federal government is tightening its belt, but federal employment is still an option for job seekers. A simple look at jobs.gc.ca shows a daily average of over 250 job vacancies in the Canadian federal public service.
Last month's budget release announced that $17.5-billion will
be stripped from federal spending in the next five years. This
news sent a chill down the backs of government workers and job
seekers alike. One in five people in Ottawa are employees of
the federal government.
Currently there are 414,713 federal employees (including military). Total employment is expected to be cut by 1% per year over the next five years (5%) dropping total employment to approximately 394,000.
"With 41% of public servants ready to retire over the next
five years, we are still looking at over 160,000 vacant positions
to deal with" says Farhia Ahmed - Principle Consultant
with The JobHunters, Federal Government Employment Specialists.
She adds 'The worst case scenario is that a control mechanism
being considered to replace only 1 of 3 positions will be put
in place. This still means over 50,000 positions will need to
be filled'.
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July 2, 2009
THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
JOBS
Job Seekers Encouraged to Look to Government to Help Ease the 'Tsunami of Retirement".
Excerpt:
Retirements have been increasing rapidly in the federal public
service as the baby boomer generation calls it quits. 40 per
cent of the current 250,000 public service is eligible to retire
by 2011. Based on these statistics, it is estimated that thousands
of jobs will be vacant across the country over the next five
years.
In a time of economic uncertainty, this news welcomed by many
in the private sector. In a report released by Statistics Canada,
the unemployment rate dropped to 8% for the first time in 7
years.
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