WORK FOR YOUR UNCLE Information on Federal Employment

Office of Personnel Management

The OPM is the human resource department for the Federal Government. It maintains the central database for federal employment (USA JOBS) and sets hiring and salary requirements.

USAJOBS homepage
USAJOBS is the official job database of the Federal Government. It also contains information about federal employment, Veterans' preferances, and the Presidential Management Internship Program.

Information on the Federal Job Search and Application form

FedWorld Federal Job Search
FedWorld is similar to USAJobs but is not as comprehensive. It is, however, easier to search than USAJobs.

General Schedule Pay adjusted by locality
There a variety of pay schedules that the Federal government uses. The most common is the General Schedule scale given to mostly low to mid level federal employees. There are separate scales for law enforcement, executives, and other specialized federal employees. Pay schedules are also adjusted by locality.

Private Sites on Federal Employment

FederalJobSearch.com
FederalJobSearch.com allows users to create an automated job search agent to assist int he search for a federal job.

Fedquest.com
FedQuest.com provides writing assistance, software downloads, and a searchable database to assist federa; job seekers.

Washington Post's Government Career Page
"This WashingtonJobs.com report includes advice on how to get a government job, thousands of job opportunities, key career profiles and listings of weekly networking events."

Roll Call's Classified Section
Roll Call is a bi-weekly newspaper published in Washington DC. It is the best source for securing employment on Capitol Hill.

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