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PUBLIC SERVICE TOPS WISH-LIST OF JOBSEEKERS
By Andrew Ward in Washington 2009-01-22
Barack Obama spent the days leading up to the inauguration setting out his vision for a new era of public service he hopes will define the administration and unify the nation.
“Don't underestimate the power for people to join together and to accomplish amazing things,” said Mr Obama on Monday, as he joined Martin Luther King III, son of the civil rights leader, painting walls at a shelter for teenagers.
On the campaign trail he promised to redirect the fervour of grassroots supporters into public service and “make government and public service cool again”.
The ambition evokes the spirit of John F. Kennedy's plea in his 1961 address for Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”.
It did not take long for Mr Obama's call to be answered. A record 350,000 people applied for the 3,000 positions available in his administration – about four times the number who sought a post in the first Bush administration in 2000.
“You have a better chance of getting into Yale or Harvard,” says Lynn Jennings, interim chief executive at the Council for Excellence in Government.
Visits to USAJobs.gov, the website for federal vacancies from Nasa to the National Park Service, have risen by 500,0000 a week.
“There has not been this level of interest in public service since the Kennedys,” says Scott Kirk of CareerPro Global, an employment consultancy that specialises in federal jobs. “We've had literally thousands of inquiries asking, ‘how can I get a job with Obama?'”
Republicans scoff at the suggestion Mr Obama has a unique claim on the public service ethos. They point out that volunteering and other civic activism have been on the rise throughout the Bush years. The difference is that Republicans tend to encourage public service through churches and charities, while Mr Obama favours a bigger government role. “For the past few decades, there had been steady erosion in respect for government and the people who work in it,” says Max Stier, president of the non-partisan Partnership for Public Service. “Obama is changing that.”
A recent survey of US undergraduates found more wanted to work in government than any other sector, with five federal agencies among their 15 “ideal” employers. The state department ranked above Goldman Sachs; Nasa above PwC; the Central Intelligence Agency above Microsoft; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation above JPMorgan, according to the study by Universum, a consultancy on employer branding.
The phenomenon is to some extent a natural consequence of the economic downturn. With the new administration racing to fill positions and planning to invest heavily in government programmes, the public sector is one of the few parts of the job market that is expanding.
Mr Obama says at least 80 per cent of the 3m-4m jobs he is aiming to save or create during the next two years will be in the private sector. The Cato Institute, a free-market think-tank, says that would still imply an additional 600,000 or more government positions.
“With the slumping economy a lot of jobseekers are giving our federal government a second look,” says Mr Stier. “The conditions are right for federal agencies to bring in top talent.”
Mr Kirk says the downturn is also causing people to look to government for solutions and promoting the ethos of public service as citizens seek to help the country out of the ditch.
“It's not just that the economy is reducing job opportunities in the private sector,” he says. “It's also that people are looking at government in a different way.”
美国人争当公务员
作者：英国《金融时报》安德鲁•沃德(Andrew Ward)华盛顿报道 2009-01-22
就职典礼前几天，巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)制定了他对公共服务新纪元的远景规划，希望以此能勾勒出政府的形象，并实现国家的团结。
“不要低估人民团结协作，成就大事的力量，”奥巴马先生本周一与马丁·路德·金之子马丁·路德·金三世(Martin Luther King III)一起粉刷未成年人庇护所的墙壁时表示。
竞选过程中，他承诺将草根支持者的热忱重新引导到公共服务中，并“使政府和公共服务重新变好”。
这种雄心唤醒了约翰·F·肯尼迪(John F. Kennedy)1961年的讲话精神，肯尼迪恳请美国人民“不要问你的国家能为你做什么，而是问你能为你的国家做什么”。
奥巴马的号召很快得到了回应。破纪录的35万人申请了奥巴马政府中的3000个空缺职位——大约是2000年首任布什政府申请公职人数的4倍。
“你有更大的机会进入耶鲁大学(Yale)或哈佛大学(Harvard)，”政府追求卓越委员会(Council for Excellence in Government)临时首席执行官林恩·詹宁斯(Lynn Jennings)说。
联邦空缺职位网站USAJobs.gov的访问量一周上升了50万人次。该网站的职位空缺涵盖美国国家航空航天局(Nasa)和国家公园管理局(National Park Service)等方方面面。
“自肯尼迪政府以来，有志公共服务的求职意愿从未达到如此水平，”CareerPro Global的斯科特·柯克(Scott Kirk)说。“我们收到的咨询真的是成千上万，‘我怎么才能在奥巴马政府得到一个工作呢？'”CareerPro Global是专门从事联邦公职介绍的职业咨询公司。
有人认为，在公共服务精神方面，奥巴马先生有着独特的主张，但共和党人对此嗤之以鼻。他们指出，志愿行动以及其它公民行动的风气已贯穿整个布什时代。所不同的是，共和党人倾向于通过教会和慈善机构鼓励公共服务，而奥巴马热衷于政府承担更多责任。“在过去几十年里，人们对政府及公职人员的尊敬已遭到侵蚀，”非政党组织美国公共服务合作组织(Partnership for Public Service)总裁麦克斯•史蒂尔(Max Stier)表示。“奥巴马在改变这一现象。”
最近针对美国大学生的一项调查发现，相对其它部门，更多人希望在政府部门工作，在15个“理想”雇主中，有5个是联邦机构。雇主品牌咨询公司 Universum的研究显示，美国国务院的排名在高盛(Goldman Sachs)之上，国家航空航天局排名在普华永道(PwC)之上，中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency)排名在微软(Microsoft)之上，联邦调查局(Federal Bureau of Investigation)排名在摩根大通(JPMorgan)之上。
在某种程度上，这种现象是经济低迷的自然结果。随着新政府急于填补这些职位空缺，计划大力投资政府项目，公共部门因此成为职业市场中极少数面临扩张的部门之一。
奥巴马先生称，未来两年，他的目标是保留或创造300-400万就业机会，其中80%来自私人部门。自由市场智库加图研究所(Cato Institute)称，这仍暗示将新增60万甚至更多的政府职位。
“经济衰退令许多求职者重新审视联邦政府，”史蒂尔先生说。“这正是联邦机构吸收顶级人才的大好机会。”
柯克先生说，经济低迷还使民众指望政府来寻求解决办法，并在民众努力帮助国家走出泥潭的同时，也提升了公共服务精神。
“这不单是经济形势减少了私人部门的工作机会，”他说，“也是人民在用不同的眼光看待政府。”
译者/红岭
作者：游客 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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