Résumés for Obama Administration Jobs Surpass 200,000 [View All]

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Résumés for Obama Administration Jobs Surpass 200,000
By Michael Falcone


Looking for a job in the Obama administration? Take a number.

And don’t be surprised if it’s 200,001.

According to officials at the Obama-Biden transition office they have received more than 200,000 applications for positions through the online form on the Web site Change.gov.

The site invites job-seekers hoping to get hired at the White House, or in any federal department, agency or commission to submit an “expression of interest” form as a first step. From there, they are asked to complete a more extensive application, and then it’s time for the old don’t-call-us-we’ll-call-you routine.

And with far more applicants than available slots, it could be a long wait by the phone. Still, the Web site reassures potential employees who may be nervous about their chances that “applying on-line is the fastest and most accurate way to get your information to us.”

Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the transition team, characterized the flood of résumés as an “incredible response” to their open casting call for future West Wingers and agency appointees.

And though they are not revealing any details of their hiring process, we have to wonder whether the members of the transition staff who have to wade through that sky-high stack of résumés might just call it an incredible headache.