CONSUMER ALERT - FEDERAL JOB FRAUD
Information on job vacancies with the Federal Government and the Postal Service is provided free of charge. However, many Americans are victimized by scam artists selling information about Federal job opportunities. These scam artists place classified advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals offering--for a fee--to help Job Seekers locate and apply for Federal jobs. Some companies go so far as to use names that imply affiliation with the Federal Government, such as the "U.S. Agency for Career Advancement," or "Postal Employment Service."

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Enter Keywords for the Job Titles and Job Descriptions you would like to see. Keywords are words, phrases, and terms that you can enter to describe educational and professional experiences, skills, and agency names. They are used to search for Jobs containing those words in their Descriptions. By typing in various Keywords, you will maximize your chances of retrieving Jobs that most accurately match your search.

For multiple selections, hold down the CTRL key (the Command key for Macs) while clicking selections.

Type the first letter of the state to get closer to the state in which you wish to search.

Select Categories by clicking inside the Category Search box, scrolling through the selections, and clicking on your choices.

The Category selection allows you to choose to view jobs for only the occupations in which you wish to work. If you have no industry preference, you can choose Select all.

If you're unsure of which Keywords to use to describe your Job, you can use the Categories box to show all the Jobs in selected occupations. Once on the search results page, you can then use Keywords to refine these results to find the types of Job you are looking for.

For multiple selections, hold down the CTRL key (the Command key for Macs) while clicking selections.

Select Agencies by clicking inside the Agency Search box, scrolling through the selections, and clicking on your choices.

The Agency selection allows you to choose to view jobs for only the Agencies for which you want to work. If you have no Agency preference, you can choose Select All.

If you're unsure of which Keywords to use to describe your Job, you can use the Agency box to show all the Jobs in selected occupations. Once on the search results page, you can then use Keywords to refine these results to find the types of Job you are looking for.

For multiple selections, hold down the CTRL key (the Command key for Macs) while clicking selections.

• Current or former Federal civilian employees who hold or held a non-temporary appointment:
  • in the competitive service in the Executive Branch or in a position not in the Executive branch specifically included in the competitive service by statute, or
  • in an excepted service position covered by an interchange agreement, or
  • eligible for reinstatement
• Veterans eligible for veterans’ preference or separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous military service
• People with non-competitive appointment eligibility

The actual salary that an agency offers will be dependent on your qualifications. The general qualifications needed to receive that pay (and equivalent GS grade) are shown by the salary. Please see the announcement for specific education and experience requirements for the position.

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Pay Grade Range General Schedule
Announcements are also classified by the Federal Government's General Schedule (GS) pay scale. As a result, announcements usually provide the salary as well as their GS equivalents. To search for positions by GS Grade Level, specify a low and high GS level using the provided drop-down lists. For example: To search for positions that fall within the GS-9 and GS-12 levels, select 9 (as the low) and 12 (as the high) values.

To review current Federal pay, please see the 2009 Locality Pay Charts.

Note: Grade Level search is not available on the Senior Executive Search page. Searching by Grade Level is currently done for annualized jobs only (not summer or seasonal jobs).

Enter all or part of a Job Title that you would like to see. You will maximize your chances to get better results if you know the exact title for the position. Otherwise, the system will match as many words of the job title to give you a relevant search result list. For example, entering “Auditor” will retrieve all Job Titles with the word “auditor”, yet it will also retrieve other titles with “auditor” in it as well, including “Supervisory Auditor” and “Information Systems Auditor”, among others.

Federal occupations are grouped into series that are given a numerical code for identification. This search allows you to search by that code.

Please use all 4 digits including any leading zeros when typing the occupational code. You may also search an occupational group by typing the first two digits (e.g. 08 for engineers).

Federal occupations are grouped into series that are given a numerical code for identification. This search allows you to search by that code.

The General Schedule is the basic classification and compensation system for white collar occupations in the Federal Government as established by chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code.

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• If you would like to delete any of your search criteria, click on either the “Remove” link or the red “X” next to it. Your search results will refresh automatically.
• If you would like to delete all of your search criteria, click the “Clear All And Start New Search” link. The search results will automatically display the first 5,000 open job postings.