Could You Work FOR the Community?
Here’s something Forbes figured out that a lot of us haven’t: Johnson County Government is one of the best midsized employers in America. Top 5 in Kansas.
I know. Not what most people picture when they think “government job.”
But here’s the civic conversation I want to start: who do you imagine when you picture a public servant?
Because if the answer is “not me” – I’d push back on that. The county employs people in emergency medicine, mental health, technology, communications, finance, legal, planning. Whatever you do, there is probably a version of it that serves your neighbors directly.
The “someone should do something about that” feeling? It’s pointing somewhere. Sometimes it points toward the ballot box. Sometimes it points toward a job listing.
What would it look like to make your skills count in YOUR community?
Happy serving,
Stephanie Sharp
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