As in other countries, temporary jobs tend to pay less than career employees earn.

The service has been through several personnel reductions over the last 15 years, during which the number of career employees bounced between 655,000 and 780,000.

About 85 percent of Federal workers are career employees who have passed probation and can appeal disciplinary action.

The career employees exist at crucial spots throughout the Government.

Both of the men are career employees of their firms.

He was the first career employee ever to become director of the agency.

After five years, they can be rehired as career employees.

She had only praise for the department's career employees.

At the time, he was the first state cabinet officer who had been a career employee of his department.

Nominees may include any career federal employee who has at least three but no more than fifteen years of government service.