Pennsylvania governor says he wants to recruit laid-off federal workers to fill state job openings
- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to accept federal government work experience as equivalent to state work experience for similar roles, to recruit laid-off federal workers to fill state job openings.
- Pennsylvania has nearly 6,000 open positions for which former federal workers who lost their jobs could apply, across fields like civil engineering, nursing, corrections, and accounting.
- Tax consultants say the layoffs of IRS employees will lead to longer wait times of 4 to 6 weeks for tax refunds, instead of the usual 3 weeks, due to having 7,000 fewer employees to process 140 million tax returns.
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Top Dem governor issues order aiming to help fill ‘critical’ state jobs as DOGE cuts federal bureaucracy
While also focusing on the private sector, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro announced an effort to fill hundreds of state job openings while DOGE is trimming federal bureaucracy.
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Gov. Shapiro says he wants to recruit laid-off federal workers to fill state job openings
Pennsylvania’s governor signed an executive order Wednesday hoping to attract those workers, noting that the state, with a workforce of almost 82,000 people, has nearly 6,000 open positions for which federal workers who are losing their jobs could apply. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday that he wants his administration to try to fill openings in the state’s workforce by recruiting federal workers who might be losing or …

Shapiro signs order to help fired federal employees get state jobs
Harrisburg, Pa. — Today, Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2025-01 to help fill critical vacancies in the state workforce with experienced former federal employees who have specialized expertise in important fields like civil engineering, nursing, corrections, accounting, and more.The…
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