Government
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Descriptive Career Information
Occupational Outlook - Federal Government, excluding the Postal Service
Excellent overview to careers in government from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm
Partnership for Public Service
Online resource for people interesting in working for the government in areas of public service.
http://www.ourpublicservice.org
Job Banks and Searching Advice
Commonwealth Employment Opportunities (CEO)
A comprehensive listing of current openings in Massachusetts state government.
http://ceo.hrd.state.ma.us/ceo.nsf/ceo_homepage_frm?OpenForm
Department of Justice
Official site for the U.S. Department of Justice; includes publications, organizations, and employment information.
http://www.usdoj.gov/
FBI jobs
Browse current FBI vacancies.
https://www.fbijobs.gov/
FedWorld
Searchable database for jobs with federal agencies.
http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html
HillZoo.com
Capital Hill community site with job and apartment listings and informal articles about the "hill."
http://www.hillzoo.com/
Opportunities in Public Affairs
Job resource for public affairs and public relations jobs in the Washington DC area.
http://www.opajobs.com/
Student Educational Employment Program
Federal employment opportunities for enrolled students.
http://www.opm.gov/employ/students/index.asp
StudentJobs.gov
US Office of Personnel site geared towards opportunities best for students; includes jobs during the school year as well as summer opportunities.
http://www.studentjobs.gov/
United Nations Human Resources
Find career opportunities with several UN branches.
https://jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vacancy/vacancy.aspx
U.S Department of State Student Programs
From internships, to clerkships, to fellowships, there are all kinds of opportunities for work and learning from the U.S State Department.
http://careers.state.gov/students/index.html
USA JOBS
Official site for the U.S. Human Resources Agency.
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
U.S. Federal Agency Directory
Link to government agency home pages.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
U.S. State Department - Careers and Internships
Careers and internships with the US State Department.
http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/hr/
Graduate School Information
Peterson's Online Graduate Program Resource
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com/Default.asp?ShowTab=gr
Market Trends
"Civilian Employment of the Federal Government, January 2007"
Here's a chart from the World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2008, providing a break-down of civilian employment of the U.S. federal government in January 2007.
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"C'mon and Be A Bureaucrat"
For Newsweek; 3/10/2008, Vol. 151 Issue 10, p43, Tony Dokoupil writes about U.S government employment. Due to the hiring crisis, and the empending retirement of many federal employees, there is an increased effort to recruit civil servants.
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"U.S. Government Seeks Next Generation of Leaders"
This article by Kermit Kaleba in T+D, April 2008, vol. 62, issue 4, descibes how federal agencies are running against the clock to identify and train new leadership talent, as nearly half of all supervisors, and nearly 40 percent of current federal employees are expected to retire by the year 2016.
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