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What's the best way to get into a gov't position or get a gov't job??? |
besides the ones u have to take exams for...i'm tryna get a gov't job...plz help!!!! The only paying government job I have ever been able to get was by knowing the right people. It was a state level job where they were hiring extra summer help, but the department did not advertise these positions. Instead, most were filled by older children of current employees. I found out about them through a friend who had a relative that worked in another department, downloaded and filled out the application from the department website, and mailed it in several months before they started hiring. The only non-paying government job I have ever been able to get was by knowing two people (a relative and a club leader) in the agency. Source(s): Experience learning to spell the word "government" is a good start... you have to take a test for any civil service position. you need to be more specific about what kind of job in the government you are looking for. My husband and I have both been looking for professional jobs for about a year. We have applied for various local, state, county and federal jobs. Neither of us has ever gotten called for interviews or anything for fed, so I can't tell you anything about those, but the others... County in our area tests for EVERY job, and many of the tests have very little to do with the position. City tests for nearly every job, and their tests are quite detailed. Our state has only tested for one of the jobs that either of us has ever been called back about, and it was a Building Inspector position. All the office type state jobs that we have interviewed for have been just that: interviews. Hope this helps. Good luck. It really depends on what you mean by gov't, what your educational background is, and what type of job you would consider. I use to work for the federal government, so I can only speak to that. The federal gov't says that www.usajobs.gov is their main source for hiring. While that is true for some agencies, I find that most actually hire through other avenues. If you are looking for a fed gov't job outside D.C. and are ok with working your way up, contact the local office HR department and find out if they are hiring and how, many hold job fairs or hiring/development programs. If you prefer to start in DC, possibly at a higher policy level, you might consider contacting a office you are interested in and see if they would take you as an intern. Then you can network and try to set up your next move while you are there. If you have a college, or even better, graduate degree, there are numerous programs that can hire you into federal gov't without following the normal hiring practices, such as the PMF program, Career Intern program, or one of the scholar programs. Remember, when you want a gov't job, local or federal, you are always going to have to go through a lot of red tape. You just have to do your research. Each level will have their own hiring practices that they have to follow, by law. Good Luck! |
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