Making the federal government work for women: the federal government is taking steps to accommodate employee flexibility and work-life balance, but it needs to do more.(Young Professionals)

From: The Public Manager | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

When Amber Simco, a single mother in her mid-twenties, began considering graduate degrees, her primary criterion was that her future career would allow her the balance and flexibility she needed to raise her daughter. Her secondary criterion was that she work on something important. For these reasons, Simco received a master's in public policy from the University of Maryland, and the federal government went to the top of her list as a future employer. In the end, she chose to work at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), where she knew a large portion of young people ...

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