By Alex Harrington, Executive Director

In one of my most recent blogs (Maximize Your Federal Job Search By Using These Four Strategies, April 25, 2022), I recommended to check out Agencies’ career sites to learn more about their current vacancies and internship opportunities, fellowships, and co-op programs.

By Alex Harrington, Executive Director

Last month the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its long-anticipated five-year strategic plan on how it will pivot to meet today’s hiring challenges, with the hope to improve the federal hiring process and “develop innovative assessments so that federal agencies can hire the talent needed to confront the challenges they face.”

By Alex Harrington, Executive Director

For those of you who are looking for a federal career, it’s very important to align your expertise, abilities, and skills to the selected career occupational field, especially to the respective job announcement that you’re applying for. However, keep in mind that this is probably the most difficult part of the federal job search. Why? Because you must know—in terms of your transferable expertise, abilities, and skills—your work assessment of how you will perform in a particular career field in the government.