I find it extremely difficult to predict the future. Everytime I try to I am wrong.
So I provide this report from IPMA-HR on job losses in the government. There are of course two issues. One how many losses will there be over the next two years. Two, how will this impact the relative ratio of government to private sector to NGO.
From IPMA-HR, “According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there was a decline of 263,000 jobs in September. This marked the 21st consecutive month of job losses and since the start of the recession the number of unemployed persons has increased by 7.6 million. The government sector lost 53,000 jobs in September. All sectors of the government experienced job losses, with the federal government including the United States Postal Service losing 6,000 jobs, state government including education declining by 10,000 jobs, and local government including education falling by 37,000 jobs.”
