How to Find and Apply for a Government Job

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The best way to apply for a federal job is to go to the website http://www.usajobs.com/ and sign up. One you have registered, you can post a resume and create job agents that will alert you via E-mail when a job matching your description crops up.

Some of the regions that are experiencing the largest growth in federal jobs are Washington DC and Jacksonville, Florida. Washington DC is experiencing job growth because it is the seat of government power and there is a lot of stimulus money being spent there.

Jacksonville is experiencing a lot of growth due to the housing crisis. There are a lot of foreclosures in the state of Florida and the treasury department needs a not of people to take care of the federal governments end of the foreclosure business.

Which department of government is in the most need of employees depends on which field you are going into. For instance, if you search for the word "clerk" in the USA Jobs search engine without specifying a location, you will find that the Department of Defense needs the most clerks and in particular the Army and Air Force could use someone with basic filing and typing skills.

Type in the word "programmer" and you will see that the Department of Veterans Affairs has the most open jobs.

For those who are not used to government nomenclature, the results of typing the world "general" and pushing the search button may come as a bit of a shock.

The word "general" is used very often when discussing government jobs and almost none of the general jobs involves a career soldier of very high rank.

Rather general is used as a term that encompasses several levels and types of job classifications. For instance, take the term "general engineer". Such a person might do anything from managing procurement contracts to writing specifications, or interpreting government regulations.

If for whatever reason you want to see a lot of jobs, search on the word "general."

The military needs many, many generalists. At the time of this search an estimated 10,000 generalists are needed for the Department of Defense, plus the Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy.

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