Look Who’s Hiring 10,000 new employees a month

Right now the federal government is hiring and they are adding nearly 10,000 workers a month! Great news if you land one of these jobs that are offering excellent salaries and numerous benefits.

This may shock you – it surprised me.  The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries, according to a USA TODAY is 19 % of all federal employees. That’s correct 19% of federal employees are making salaries of $100,000 or more — and that’s without overtime pay and bonuses are added in. The total number of federal workers earning $100,000 or more is 382,758 employees.

Moral of the story…spend some time looking at job openings being offered by the US government.

Robin Ryan’s JOB SEARCH TIP:

Here are a couple key strategies for you to narrow down potential Federal Jobs you can apply for. Keep in mind, the government hires people all across the country.

• Go to the federal job openings

• To determine if jobs are available where you live, do your first search listing only state + do not select any other criteria – example I searched “Washington” since I live in the Seattle area and I got 1078 job openings in my state.

• Review these more quickly by clicking on the “Job Summary” heading at the top of the listings. This puts the listings in alphabetical order so you can more easily scan for job titles BUT be warned –it only did 1000 and then it stopped.

• If you want to do a narrow search and only consider jobs near where you live click on the “advance search” link under the WHERE box at top of page. This lets you select some criteria….

•Pick a TITLE search word such as “writer” or “project” this selection pulls job with that word in the JOB TITLE. Where as Manager is to broad the word “Project” finds project manager jobs.

•If you prefer a certain agency, i.e. FBI or Veterans Affairs you can search to see if what jobs that agency has open.

•Listing often cover several areas that have the same opening. Also pay attention to the level advertised. Many openings have varying levels such as one GS 8 job and then one GS 10 with the GS 10 requiring more experience and skills which is why it’ll pay a higher salary.

•The listing has several tabs across the top. Read each one which are in order: Overview; Duties; Qualifications; Benefits + other info; HOW TO APPLY.

•Carefully follow and complete everything needed in their application process. It can be very lengthy. Some involve added questions others have special requirements that you must have to be considered

•Be sure you apply BEFORE the closing date.