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Archive for May, 2009

Updated, Revised: Classifying White Collar Positions – OPM

Classifying White Collar Positions

Classifying White Collar Positions

The Handbook of Occupational Groups & Families is updated and better than ever! Many occupational series (descriptions) are cancelled, updated and newly created.

New updates with federal jobs include:
Government positions that are cancelled due to low agency usage: paperhanging, glassblowing, bank note designing, pressing, parachute packing, shoe repairing, carton/bag making machine operating.

Government positions updated include: Information Technology Specialist (2210) added a new specialization: Enterprise Management; General Inspection, Investigation, and Compliance (1802) becomes General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement and Compliance.

New Series: Investigative Analysis (1801)

Why read the HANDBOOK OF OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND FAMILIES as a Jobseeker? The feds are meticulous about their jobs, descriptions, duties and titles. Learn about federal jobs, descriptions the official titles

You can find the list and descriptions of the most populoar jobs in government, including: Information Technology Specialist, Management & Program Analyst, Supply Specialist, Contract Specialist and about 200 other government jobs.

Why is this a helpful guide? Because if you read about the official job titles you can understand the job duties, qualifications better and decide what position is right for you. Then you can write your resume to support the position qualifications and duties.

Master the Federal Job Race

Win a Federal Job – Master the Race!

Rachel Alexandra wins the race at Preakness 2009

Rachel Alexandra wins the race at Preakness 2009.

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Master the Federal Job Race!

Baltimore had Preakness fever yesterday. Rachel Alexandra, the only fillie in the race, was the winner. Just thinking about getting ready for a race, makes me think of the “race” and the “preparation” that you are facing to land a winning federal job. I know the analogy seems like a stretch, but it’s not. To find and land a federal job, takes practice, determination and maybe a trainer – just like Rachel Alexandra had.

Our training formula – Ten Steps to a Federal Job – could be the formula you could follow to land your federal job. Check out the Ten Steps in the next column. Our book of the same name has MORE on each of the ten steps.

by Kathryn Troutman, President and CEO, The Resume Place, Inc., www.resume-place.com

BREAKING NEWS: USAJOBS announcement search feature is new and easier to use. Great for new federal job seekers.

USAJOBS Search

USAJOBS Search

The BASIC Search is now easy to read – in one second – you can see the number of jobs in each city, each each job category and for each agency. This is a WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BASIC SEARCH. Check out the new search functionality on USAJOBS at http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/default.aspx. The new basic search now features an easy-to-read list of job search options by Agency, Location and Occupation, with an indicator of how many jobs are available in each category. As you narrow your search criteria, so narrows the list. This provides a much better starting point for job seekers.

A tip for announcement searching: searching key words can really be useful. For example, the job title Emergency Management Specialist is classified to the 301 job series, which is general administrative and management. Searching the 301 series will yield administrative positions and even a food service specialist! Searching key words like “COOP,” “exercises,” or “incident response” will yield a variety of positions in the field, even those with titles like “Program Specialist” that are in the Emergency Management field.

Still need help to find the jobs that are right for you? Click here to arrange a one-on-one discussion with one of our Certified Federal Job Search Coaches: http://www.resume-place.com/services/federal-job-search-plan/.