| There are a number of websites with search | | | | but then I got bumped up to 2012-8." By entering |
| engines devoted to helping you find government | | | | the series and grade numbers - provided you |
| job postings. Some are helpful, some are scams - | | | | know what they are - you can find postings for |
| just keep in mind that government jobs aren't a | | | | jobs in a series at a specific grade.When trying to |
| secret, and there's no reason to pay anyone | | | | find government job postings in city or state |
| money to find government job postings. By using | | | | government, it's often smart to go directly to the |
| even the most general search engine like Google | | | | city or state web page first. From there, you can |
| and Yahoo, you can find government job postings. | | | | usually find government job posting links to |
| And there are websites run by different branches | | | | specific agencies within the government, leading to |
| of the military and agencies that post ads to find | | | | the actual posting. Sometimes the city or state |
| government jobs specific to their needs.If you | | | | webpage will link to an employment page for the |
| know which governmental entity you hope to | | | | entire governmental system - in this case, you |
| work for, first try going directly to their agency | | | | can often find government job postings and apply |
| website to find government job postings in that | | | | for those jobs directly online using the system's |
| area. Then start with simple job title words to | | | | job database. Make sure you read the |
| describe what you're looking for - accounting, | | | | requirements for applications carefully and submit |
| medical, computer, janitor, etc. Be creative, | | | | everything that the government job posting |
| though - the federal government is very good at | | | | requests, or your application may be rejected. |
| making up convoluted job titles for simple | | | | And don't give up easily - government is made up |
| occupations! Using a "wild card" character in your | | | | of bureaucracies within bureaucracies, so if you |
| search - an asterisk (*) will yield more results. If | | | | don't find government job postings that you want |
| you enter "scien*", for example, you'll retrieve | | | | right away, keep searching until you do.© - |
| entries for will fetch "scien," "science," "sciences," | | | | specializes in writing federal, military and SES |
| "scientific," and "scientist." Some job categories will | | | | resumes including OPM approved, Resumix, KSA |
| offer just one or two listings, while others will | | | | and ECQ documents. With certified federal |
| yield many. When that happens, narrow the | | | | resume writers on staff and government |
| search with more specific terms - "computer | | | | application specialists, and some of the finest |
| science," for example.If you know the series or | | | | editing staff in the industry, has effectively helped |
| grade number of the government job you're | | | | thousands of clients break into a career in the |
| looking for, you can enter that as well. It's a fact | | | | federal government or obtain a promotion from |
| of life in government service that employees | | | | within the US government. Any reproduction or |
| often identify themselves by series and pay | | | | reprint of this article must include this information. |
| grade numbers - "In my last job I was a 1730-5, | | | | |