BRAC brings thousands of MD job opportunities
The State’s outreach efforts have helped to convince about 50% of the 30,000 employees affected by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) to follow their jobs to Maryland, but there are still 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.

In the largest single employment growth activity in Maryland since World War II, the 2005 BRAC and related DoD decisions will bring at least 60,000 new jobs to Maryland. Opportunities exist in engineering; life sciences; information technology; logistics, support and maintenance; administration and business; and clerical fields. For information on BRAC career opportunities, visit Maryland Workforce Exchange.

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