How to Get a Job with the Feds


	How to Get a Job with the Feds

Andrew Gillies

10-14-2008 9:05 AM

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Roll Call book review also notes this: "Jobs that compete with Wall Street for employees generally come with the highest paychecks. Employees at the Treasury and the Federal Communications Commission can earn bonuses in the tens of thousands."

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