OTTAWA - The number of people applying for a job in the federal government plummeted last year as Ottawa slashed the size of the public service.
OTTAWA - The number of people applying for a job in the federal government plummeted last year as Ottawa slashed the size of the public service.
Two years ago, there were more than a million applications for jobs in the federal public service.
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Numbers fell by 12,683 positions between March 2025 and March 2026, representing just over 3.5 per cent.
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One jobseeker who took voluntary redundancy in 2024 has applied for more than 130 jobs without any success.
