Federal workers are flooding the talent market. What does that mean for recruiting?

With the election of Donald Trump, the myth of the good government job may be disintegrating. Since the inauguration in late January, more than 120,000 federal workers have been fired, per CNN analysis of FedScope data. 

One of the hallmarks of the Trump administration has been the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which has publicly gutted federal agency workforces in the name of recouping operating costs. As a result, Indeed reported last month that the number of applications by workers at federal agencies under DOGE review rose by 50%. READ MORE