Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones (1 Viewer)

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    Matt Sedensky | The Associated Press

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    HIRING: Park ranger. SEEKING: Nuclear submarine engineer. WANTED: Sled dog musher.

    If they seem unlikely postings, they probably are. But a laid-off federal worker can dream.

    Axed from jobs not easily found outside government, thousands of federal workers caught in President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts now face a difficult search for work.

    “If you’re doing, say, vegetation sampling and prescribed fire as your main work, there aren’t many jobs,” says Eric Anderson, 48, of Chicago, who was fired Feb. 14 from his job as a biological science...

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