Making Fed Jobs Easier to Find

Making Fed Jobs Easier to Find
Monday, December 10, 2007 | 5:22 P

To reach more job seekers, the Office of Personnel Management announced last week that it has made job vacancies in the federal government more accessible to Internet search engines, like Google and Yahoo. Before job vacancies could only be searched by keyword from on the federal government's USAJOBS Web site. Now, a job seeker "who types in a job title on Google or other engines, such as "IT Specialist" or "Electrical Engineer," will now also see links to federal vacancy announcements in those fields," according to the OPM announcement.
That should make the 60,000 openings on USAJOBS a bit more accessible, although the site already gets 10 million visitors a month.

Read more: http://blogs.govexec.com/techinsider/archives/2007/12/making_fed_jobs_easier_to_find.php

Using Technology in your Job Search

JOB SEEKERS USING VIDEO RESUMES (2 Articles)
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/usingnet/20061207-athavaley.html

http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20070101-ransom.html


USING ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR JOB SEARCHES (2 Articles)
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/networking/20040923-borzo.html

http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/climbing/20060829-needleman.html

A Guide to KSA Writing

One of the most important parts of applying for federal jobs is the Knowledge, Skills, and Accomplishments (KSA) section of the standard federal job application. This worksheet is designed to help students through the process, step-by-step.

http://ourpublicservice.org/OPS/programs/calltoserve/toolkit/KSAs.pdf

New job search site aims to enhance federal recruitment

By Brittany R. Ballenstedt

An online job search company has unveiled a Web site dedicated to matching job seekers with opportunities in the federal government.

WorkforAmerica.com, launched May 7 by CareerBuilder.com, aims to help expedite the federal government's recruitment process by connecting job candidates interested in public service with key federal agencies. Read more...

State Dept. Seeks Workers for Hot Spots

By Matthew Lee
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The State Department has begun looking for diplomats willing to take hundreds of unfilled positions at embassies and consulates in 15 dangerous countries after finding enough volunteers to avoid forcing some to go to Iraq. Read More...

Great Places to work in Washington DC

Here is a great article about places to work in our nation's capital, including government, nonprofit and private sector jobs.

http://www.washingtonian.com/packages/placestowork2007/index.html

Understaffed Social Security Braces for Retirement Boom

By Stephen Losey
Federal Times

The Social Security Administration has a problem.

The first baby boomers started applying for Social Security retirement benefits last month, signaling what is certain to be a huge demand for the agency’s services.

Yet the agency has its lowest staffing levels in 35 years.

Read more...

New Video Explores Careers with State Legislatures

State legislatures are a natural fit for graduates with degrees in public administration, policy and public affairs. Students don’t need specializations or experience in accounting or finance to focus on legislative fiscal issues – more important are general analytical skills, an ability to understand spending and revenue concepts, and an interest in democratic processes.

The video explores different facets of a legislative fiscal career – presented by analysts themselves from various states. Also featured are several legislative fiscal directors, legislators from across the U.S., and Professor Alan Rosenthal of Rutgers University, an expert on state legislatures.

This is the link to the 15-minute video about careers in state legislatures, particularly in fiscal analysis.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/nalfo/index.htm (click on "NALFO video" on the right hand side)

To learn more about state legislatures, students can explore the web site of the National Conference of State Legislatures at www.ncsl.org.

Internship/Job Survey

The Student Services staff is always interested in hearing from students about their Glenn School experience. From orientation, to course scheduling, career services, and eventually, graduation, we want to make sure we are doing what we can to prepare you for meaningful careers in public service while also enjoying your time in the halls of Page.

One of the items we are particularly interested in hearing from you about currently are your job and internship experiences while you have been enrolled in the MPA program. For returning MPA students, we want to hear about your summer internships or the school year work positions in which you are currently working. For first year MPA students, we would love to find out which of you are currently working. We would also like to collect a little more information about your internship and career interests so that we can better assist you in finding your “dream job.”

Please take a few minutes to fill out the online survey, which you can access at:

http://glennschool.osu.edu/surveys/career/

I know that surveys can be a hassle to complete, but our ability to assist you is dependent upon your willingness to share the information we need to be able to help you better. So please take 5 minutes or so to complete this survey by Friday, November 9, 2007.

If you have any questions, please let me know.