With their in-demand skill sets, it could be a walk in the park, so to speak, for public-sector workers to find alternate work that actually pays them. (Image: Shutterstock)
Government employees caught up in the record shutdown are no doubt beginning to wonder whether it's time to chuck what used to be a dependable lifelong career and head for the private sector in search of pay that's actually paid.
And that might not be such a bad idea, says compensation software and data company PayScale in its report Feeling the Pinch from the Government Shutdown? Maybe it's Time to Switch Jobs.
According to PayScale, many government employees possess skills that are currently hot in the labor market, so this might be a good time to transition from the feds over to civilian/private-sector employment—depending on one's skill set.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
