FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOBS

HOW TO FIND THEM AND HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY APPLY FOR THEM!

REASONS TO CONSIDER U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

STARTING THE SEARCH

WRITING A GOVERNMENT RESUME

PROFILES OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

SEARCH FOR FEDERAL JOBS

ST. NORBERT CAREER RESOURCES

Agenda

A little known opportunity for employment!

Federal Government has a broad array of jobs available to college graduates for almost any major

Jobs are located all over the U.S. and throughout the world with more than 2,700,000 employees currently!

7 reasons to work for the U.S. Government!

Stable Obama’s administration Do meaningful work Exciting opportunities Large scope of activities Further training and education Positive hiring forecast

Start Your Search! What can you do with your major for the Federal

Government? Go to: www.USAJobs.gov for possible position titles for majors.

Now do some additional research into your field of interest by going to: http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalcareers/

To see available federal service opportunities specifically for college students use these links: http://www.makingthedifference.org/studentopportunities/index.shtml

http://www.federaljobs.net/student.htm

Writing Your Government Resume

Develop a standard resume for multiple job openings – use USAJobs Resume Builder to get started.

Create your account and fill in the appropriate fields.

Get additional tips on how to write a “federal resume”

Learn how to write KSA’s, i.e. knowledge, skills, abilities in your application & get some quick tips -

A four-step guide to writing your KSA’s

Profiles of Government Professionals!

Want to know more about current federal employees and their professional careers! Check our profiles of government professionals - This link will bring you to Cara Peck, who works in the field of biological science, but browse others on this page to learn more about their careers!

Search Federal Jobs! Here are some great web sites to help you get

your federal government job search started! Hot jobs -

http://www.makingthedifference.org/federaljobs/hotjobs.shtml

USA Jobs - http://www.usajobs.gov/ Buy a book of Federal jobs -

http://federaljobs.net/us7.htm

SNC Career Services Don’t forget to use the resources of the

St. Norbert Career Services Office to help you with your questions!

careers@snc.edu 920.403.3040 JMS 106 www.snc.edu/career