Many posts have discussed federal employment and bureaucracy.
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff at The Washington Post:
Yasmine Mirhaji had planned out her last three years at American University’s School of International Service meticulously, taking classes on diplomacy and power. Inspired by her parents’ experience fleeing Iran to the United States decades ago, she dreamed about joining the State Department, which deals in foreign policy, and had applied for an internship at the agency
But moves by the Trump administration, in its first days in power, to slash funding and jobs across federal agencies has upended civil service prospects for scores of local college students, many of whom chose D.C. universities for their pipeline to federal and international careers.
First, Mirhaji, a 20-year-old junior, learned she’d have to reapply or start her internship search all over again. Then she wondered whether her degree was becoming obsolete. Now she is leaning toward law or graduate school, rather than trying to work in the federal government.
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“All my plans are scrapped,” said Mirhaji, who was raised in Westchester County, New York. “So many of the jobs our professors have proposed to us as potential opportunities don’t exist anymore.”
