General Information
Federal Employment Opportunities
The USAJOBS Federal Employment Information system is the U.S. government's official site for jobs and employment information. Includes current Federal employment-related topics and programs, complete vacancy announcements, application packages and forms, as well as online application and USAJOBS by email. Offsite link.
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Building and Maintaining a Diverse, High-Quality Workforce: A Guide for Federal Agencies
A tool to help Federal agencies develop an effective program to build and maintain a competent workforce that looks like America. Offsite link.
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Recruitment Incentives
Results of an OPM study about Federal agency use of recruitment, retention, and relocation incentives, which have been available since 1991. Offsite link.
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Student Educational Employment Program
Provides Federal employment opportunities to students. It has two components: the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) and the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP).
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Special Efforts
Three groups are still underrepresented in the Federal workforce: persons with disabilities, Hispanics, and women. OPM is leading special efforts to remedy the underrepresentation of these groups.
Persons with Disabilities
Job Opportunities for People with Disabilities
The unemployment rate of working-age adults with severe disabilities has remained at around 70 percent for several years. This site describes the steps involved in seeking a Federal job and the accessible formats in which employment information is available. The USAJOBS web site has employment information available in text format for the visually impaired. Offsite link.
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Web Site on Federal Employment of People with Disabilities
This site provides a simple and straightforward mechanism to help Americans, with and without disabilities, better understand how to hire and retain persons with disabilities. Our target audiences are applicants and employees with disabilities, Federal managers and supervisors, and human resources professionals. The site was launched in June 2002. Offsite link.
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People with Disabilities in the Federal Government: An Employment Guide
Provides guidance, information, and references to help Federal employers in their efforts to hire and advance employees with disabilities. Offsite link.
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Appointment of Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Final regulations creating a new Government wide excepted appointing authority, with noncompetitive conversion to the competitive service for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Offsite link.
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Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities
Describes procedures prescribed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Offsite link.
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Hispanic Employment Initiatives
Report on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government
The first annual Report was issued October 12, 2001. Offsite link.
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Women
Women in the Federal Government: A Guide to Recruiting and Retaining
The representation of women in the Federal workforce continues to lag behind their representation in the national civilian labor force (CLF). This is particularly true for white and Hispanic women. This guide contains a list of human resources management approaches and tools agencies may use to design recruitment and retention strategies and to resolve staffing problems. Offsite link.
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Other Efforts: Veterans
Special Appointing Authorities for Veterans
This section of USAJOBS describes special appointing authorities available to hire military veterans. Offsite link.
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page last modified on: 5/7/2013