Change I Can Believe In

Obama released more information about his stimulus package recently and advisors estimate that the plan should create more 450,000 jobs with infrastructure plans creating an additional 377,000. This will not be an overnight change and the jobs aren't as "shovel-ready" as Obama would like them to be, but anything is an improvement over the current economic climate. In addition, the stimulus package would prevent layoffs of already employed workers thus creating or saving nearly 4 million jobs. Read more about Obama's plans in the Washington Post Article.

Secret Agent Man

Serve your country, as a G-Man (or G-Woman). Both the FBI and CIA have huge hiring blitzes planned for the next year. If you've ever dreamed of catching the bad guys or being a super secret spy in far off lands, opportunity is knocking.

At least five sites turned up positions in the CIA's Clandestine Service. The Clandestine Service is described as "cutting-edge American Intelligence." A quick check of the CIA.gov website confirmed that, yes, the positions are legit. Please note that some of these jobs may require relocation to far off lands.

As for the FBI, there are over 2,100 professional staff and 850 special agent positions open. The FBI is hoping to hire people with computer science and language fluency skills. If you think you'd like to work with the FBI, first check out the FBI jobs website and see what's available, then head over to the "How To Apply" page.

I personally don't think I'm cut out for the FBI or CIA and will stick to just watching the movie Feds, but I know there are a few readers out there who are perfect for some of these positions.

The "25 Best Careers" for 2009

MSN Careers has posted a list of the 25 Best Career Choices to pursue in 2009, based on the jobs that saw the most growth over the second half of 2008. I wasn't surprised by jobs like "Human Resources specialist" making the list. Just about every search turns up an HR job. I was surprised by "writer" making the list, until I realized that writer largely means "Technical Writer."

You can find the rest of the list here.

This is not comforting.

I feel I can relate to the folks mentioned in this article. That said, since many of them are lawyers, I'm not optimistic about my prospects.



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