探索联邦政府职业
Are you interested in addressing complex and pressing issues faced by communities across the US and the world?
- If yes, a career in the US federal government may be for you.
的 US government has agencies engaged in the fight against climate change; leading efforts in space exploration; overseeing disaster and emergency response efforts; and researching the latest in disease prevention, 仅举几个例子. 结束了 400个联邦机构. 的se are in every US state, territory, Washington DC; and in over 140 countries. 丹佛有很多代理机构, CO—you don’t have to leave Colorado or be a politician to work in the federal government, 尽管这些都是可以选择的.
- Competitive service includes most civil service positions. Applicants must apply for and compete with other applicants for positions. 的se positions work in many hundreds of US government agencies, in different specialties.
- Excepted Service appointments are civil service positions and often include security and intelligence agencies (FBI, 美国中央情报局, NSA), 以及美国国务院. Applications are managed by the respective agencies’ policies and procedures.
- Senior Excepted Service includes senior leadership positions, often political appointees.
Learn 关于 Federal Civil Service Opportunities
With so many career opportunities across the hundreds of federal agencies, it is a good idea to first learn about the variety of career options:
GO政府ERNMENT
使用 Partnership for Public Service’s GO政府ERNMENT
- 以合伙企业为例 为你寻找代理机构
- 使用 职业生涯指导 to learn about the opportunities within different areas of study.
- Listen to the Profiles in Public Service podcast
USAJOBS
探索 USAJOBS.政府 网站. 这 is the application portal for most civil service opportunities, but it also provides extensive information about the overall process.
Utilize Pathways to 应用 for Civil Service Internships and Jobs
After you get an idea of all the opportunities in the federal government, you can start to consider specific pathways that can help you start your federal career.
当前的学生, 应届毕业生和退伍军人 all have specific pathways designed for individuals early in their careers.
Finding Federal Civil Service Opportunities
W在这里 do you find these hundreds of civil service internships and jobs? Most Pathways Program Internships and Recent 研究生 jobs are found at USAJOBS.政府, the 网站 and application portal used to apply to all competitive civil service positions.
Current students can search for internships using the USAJOBS 联邦实习门户网站.
- Pro-Tip: 有 many internships across the US. Don’t let the location stop you from applying! Agencies may have remote work options that allow you to do some or all the required hours remotely.
的 Partnership for Public Service’s Federal Internship Finder lists hundreds of internships for students.
- Pro-tip: 使用 filters to narrow the options. For example, filter for a specific field, agency, paid vs. 无薪等.
Recent graduates (those who completed a degree within the previous two years, or the previous six years for veterans) can search for positions on the USAJOBS应届毕业生门户网站.
- Pro-tip: Applications for positions must be submitted within two years of earning your diploma or certificate.
Additional Internships and Opportunities (agencies/departments using Excepted Service):
- 虚拟学生联邦服务
- 国防情报局
- Dept of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis
- National GeoSpatial Intelligence Agency
- 国家安全局
- 空间力量
- 最高法院实习计划
- 联邦司法中心实习
- 联邦调查局实习计划
- 国家安全局实习计划
- If you are looking for an internship or job at a specific agency, you can also go to that agency’s webpage and search for an internship. Sometimes, agencies do not list on USAJOBS or other portals.
