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Aggressive government reduction efforts have already led to cuts of over 55,000 jobs, with an additional 75,000+ federal workers accepting buyout plans. Additionally, more than 140,000 cuts are expected to be made in the coming months, representing an approximately 6% reduction in the total federal workforce. How to Maximize this Unique Infusion of Talent
Private-sector Marketers and Communicators stand to benefit: Based on September 2024 data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal workforce of some 2.3 million workers includes approximately 15,000 professionals with skills related to marketing and communications—or roughly 0.65% of the total federal workforce. These workers can be further classified into:
Assuming that communications and marketing jobs are evenly distributed across federal staff cuts, we can conclude over 900 experienced communications and marketing professionals will become unemployed in the months ahead—if they haven’t hit the job market already.
Many of these recen
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