Federal Jobs -- Lookin' Mighty Attractive Now

ComputerWorld reported on Thursday that traffic to USAjobs, the federal government's jobs Web site, has increased 45 percent during the past six months, 500,000 visits per day. The reason is most likely the worsening economy and increased unemployment; federal jobs are seen as being much more stable. The Treasury Department will need some good financial people -- and presumably more IT folks to help keep track of all those "toxic loans" it plans to buy.

Now if the government could just take advantage of this by speeding up the hiring process, agencies could find some good IT talent. According to the article:

A search on the phrase "information technology" turned up 1,294 listings on USAjobs.gov this week. In addition, many federal IT jobs are filled by contractors from outside companies, which typically advertise the positions on commercial employment sites.