According to the Department of Business and Economic Development, outreach efforts by the State have helped persuade roughly 50 percent of the 30,000 employees affected by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) to follow their jobs to Maryland. That, however still leaves as many as 15,000 Department of Defense (DoD) jobs that must be filled in Maryland by September 15, 2011. These remaining DoD jobs and additional defense contractor and other mission support jobs provide outstanding career opportunities for the State's highly-skilled workforce.
BRAC is the largest single employment growth activity in Maryland since World War II. BRAC and its related DoD decisions will bring at least 60,000 new jobs to Maryland.
That means the time is ripe for those seeking opportunities in engineering; life sciences; information technology; logistics, support and maintenance; administration and business; and clerical fields to pursue new career opportunities.
For information on BRAC career opportunities, visit Maryland Workforce Exchange
Writer: Walaika Haskins
Source DBED