Hagan's hiring, but it's probably too late

Looking for work?

Sen.-elect Kay Hagan's hiring.

A Charlotte Observer story notes today that many unemployed North Carolinians are seeking public sector jobs, especially in political posts.

U.S. Sen.-elect Kay Hagan's office has received hundreds of resumes, spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan said. Hagan's staff likely will be similar in size to the roughly 50-person staff of Sen. Elizabeth Dole, whom Hagan defeated in November, Flanagan said.

You may already be too late, though.

In a conservation with Dome earlier this week, Flanagan said that Hagan plans to make her announcements on hiring in the next two weeks or so.

The U.S. Senate does not set any rules on how senators set up their offices, instead giving each a budget for their total staff. That means Hagan had to decide how to hire, as well as who to hire.

For now, Hagan's top staffers are mostly women, including many of her female-friendly campaign staffers who stayed on.

That was in contrast to Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue, whose campaign — and administration so far — did not have many women.