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Roughly 100,000 federal employees officially left the government payroll this week, deepening concerns about the softening U.S. job market, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The departures coincide with an ongoing government shutdown that could bring additional losses.
A new D.C.-area initiative links displaced federal workers across the region with job opportunities, career coaching and retraining services.
A new AI-powered job matching project launched in D.C. on Wednesday and was aimed to help the federal workforce, officials said.
Fairfax County Supervisor Rodney Lusk, who chairs the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, introduces Talent Capital, an initiative to help former feds find jobs, on Wednesday at JP Morgan's office in downtown D.C.
Paychecks will end soon for thousands of workers who took offers of deferred resignation — and a possible shutdown looms, too.
Several organizations have sprung up since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term to help civil servants who have lost their jobs. The Office of Personnel Management has reported that the federal workforce is set to have 300,000 fewer employees by the end of the year.
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) launched Talent Capital in an effort to keep jobless federal employees in the DMV region.
Union leaders in North Texas say TSA and EPA employees face financial strain and job insecurity as Congress stalls on a funding deal.