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Joyce Lain Kennedy
Want fed job outside Washington? Jump on this welcome news

DEAR JOYCE: I'm a 58-year-old professional with a master's and some teaching experience. Healthy, capable, intelligent and in fine physical shape, I'm ready to move on and am thinking about seeking a federal job. But there's no way I will pull up stakes and move to Washington, D.C. Your suggestions? - C.A.H. Four out of five federal government jobs are based outside the nation's capital so you won't have to live in or around Washington, D.C. to obtain federal employment. What's more, your hiring chances are looking up for 2015 as numerous federal employees reach retirement age and call it quits, plus the government's announced plans to create roughly...