Are there incentives for government work?

Finding a job has always been a concern for almost everyone. This article discusses a few of the concerns from the employer. The government is usually the first employer that Natural Resources majors think about just because they are the most visible. The article discussed how the government is going to have a problem with a large percentage of their workforce retiring in a short amount of time. It also discussed the kind of things that the government will expect of its employees in the future.
I had a lot of questions going through my mind from this. The first is what kind of incentives is the government offering potential workers? As we have discussed in class often it is not the scientists making the decisions, but the politicians. Why would you want to have a job where you were required to create reports and recommendations to which no attention was paid?
The article gave a list of employment statistics and I wondered how much of that is indicative of the social climate of the world today. I believe that it is much more likely for someone to change jobs today than it was years ago, sort of like the fact that someone will change their major at least once before graduation. Of course then these statistics were compared to the private sector which told a different story. This seemed to ask the question again about the advisability of gaining a government job. There will be more stringent requirements in the future and more demands for excellence and experience. It is also very possible, possibly probable, that government jobs will also be lower paid due to budget cuts and allocation. So is it just harder to get a government job than one in the private sector, or is it just not worth it to even try? What sort of future is offered?