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Government Expansion

The federal sector is growing at its fastest pace in decades. Over the past two years total federal civil service employment has increased 10%, an additional 182,629 workers. Jobs are available nationwide and overseas and additional growth is projected due to recent legislation. 

The new health care legislation calls for the formation of 150 new regulatory agencies and commissions and many more federal regulators are needed to manage failed banks and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds.

The federal government now owns 60% of General Motors, all of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac plus they took over 100% of the student loan program recently! There are many more jobs projected and those who start the process early will have a better chance of success.

   

 

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Thousands of federal government jobs are advertised on any given day. With 50 percent of the federal work force eligible for either early or regular retirement, and additional hiring for new health care and banking regulatory jobs, there are abundant opportunities. Jobs are available nationwide and overseas.

This site provides links to government jobs by occupation, agency, and we include related state and local government, and private sector jobs to provide the largest selection of job opportunities available for your area.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) maintains the largest federal jobs data base. Many of their vacancies are included in our consolidated job listings.

 

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Improving Your Chances

 

The more contacts you make, the greater your chances. Don’t get lost in the process. Too many job seekers pin all their hopes on one effort. They find an open announcement, send in an application, then forget about the process until they receive a reply. Federal jobs are highly competitive and the more jobs you apply for the better your chances.

Content, proper spelling, and grammar counts when submitting your online application and/or federal style résumé. In most cases you will complete  your application using an online resume builder. The standard private sector résumé is not sufficient to apply for a federal job, it’s too brief and lacks the detail necessary to be properly rated. You can write your resume/application independently with the proper resources and knowledge or you can use a professional Federal Resume Writing Service.

I participated in many selection panels during my 35 years of government service and was a certified rating official for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). I also coordinated and/or conducted hundreds of job interviews for our organization. The first impression that a rating official has of a new applicant is reflected by his or her application package. I can tell you that thousands of applications that I reviewed during my career were poorly done and didn't make it through the initial review. Today, most applications are completed online and you can spell and grammar check your work before copying and pasting your work experiences into the online resume builders. Content is the key and you must tailor your application to the job announcement. If you don't take time to compose a professional application you won't be rated high enough to be considered for an interview.

Don’t make this mistake — take the time to draft a coherent, clear, error free, and concise federal style résumé as outlined in our FEDERAL RESUME GUIDE that is included in Chapter Six of The Book of U.S. Government Jobs. With today’s word processors and spell check functions there isn’t any reason to send in an application with misspelled words, and the word processor grammar check functions are also very helpful. If you don’t have the inclination or time to do it right, hire a service to assist you with your federal style résumé. Notice that I say, assist you with your federal style résumé; it takes a lot of time and work for both the résumé service and client to complete a federal style résumé that will get results. So even if you hire a service to complete yours, understand that you will have to provide considerable input and devote time to reviewing drafts to get it right. Only those in rate "Best Qualified" will be referred for interviews and eventually selected for a job.

Getting Started

 

Federal government job seekers can link direct to thousands of job vacancies by occupation or through our Department & agency listings and list of 141 agency web sites. You can also call OPM’s USAJOBS hotline, 24 hours a day seven days a week, for updated job information at 1-703-724-1850 or visit their web site at http://www.usajobs.gov. OPM's USAJOBS web site does not list all federal job openings.

Our consolidated listing of federal jobs includes USAJOBS listings and related state, local government, and private sector jobs. Use the vacancies listed on this site and our agency recruiting site listings to find more jobs nationwide and overseas.

Additional avenues are available to locate government job announcements including; OPM and agency sponsored job hot lines, internet web sites, computer generated data bases, employment services, directories, and periodicals that publish job listings. These resources are listed in Chapter Three of The Book of U.S. Government Jobs under Common Job Sources. Specific hiring programs are discussed following the job resource listings such as; student hiring, and engineering conversion paths.

The Book of U.S. Government Jobs describes the entire federal employment process and includes a FEDERAL RESUME GUIDE, easy to use checklists with sample applications and over 1,000 references. This title is on Library Journal's "Best Sellers List" and one of the most checked out books at libraries, nationwide. Recommended by Library Journal.

Individual agency personnel offices should also be contacted to obtain job announcements. A listing is included in Appendix C of The Book of U.S. Government Jobs and a partial list is included on this page. A consolidated listing of Washington, D.C. Federal Personnel Departments is provided following the Common Job Sources section in this book as well. If an agency has direct hire or case examining authority, and most do today, they may advertise jobs independently from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Also, search related private sector jobs on our expanded jobs board to locate ALL jobs in your area.

 

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Federal Agency Personnel Offices and Job Hotlines

 

Agencies recruit through government web sites including OPM's USAJOBS. Many eliminated their direct general employment support lines. However, the majority of job announcements provide contact information including the staffing specialist's names, phone number and email address on the announcement if you have specific questions about advertised jobs. You can contact these staffing specialists to ask general questions about employment in their agency. You can also call the main Washington DC number that is listed in the agency directory in The Book of U.S. Government Jobs and ask to speak with their recruiting office.

 

Agriculture 202/720-2791 Other Agencies
Bureau of Prisons 800/347-7744 EEOC 800-669-4000
Commerce 202/482-2000 FCC 202/418-0130
CIA 703/482-0623 Federal Reserve 202/452-3000
Dept. of Interior 202/208-6702 FTC 202/326-2021
Dept. of Labor 866/487-2365 General Accounting 202/512-3000
Dept. of Defense  1-888-DOD-4USA GSA 202/501-0370
Education 202/401-0553 National Archives 800/827-4898
Energy 202/586-1234 Social Security 410/965-1234
EPA 202/272-0167 USA Jobs Hotline 703-724-1850
FDIC 877-275-3342    
H&HS 888/478-4340    
HUD 202/708-0408    
Interior 202/208-3100    
Justice 202/514-3397    
Transportation 202/366-4000    
Treasury 304/480-6144    
U.S. Peace Corps 800/712-3000    
Veterans Affairs 202/273-9730    

 

 

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