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Top 50 Federal Occupations with Highest Number of Open Job Postings (April 2009)

Occupations with Top Number of Federal Job Openings

As of April 15th, USAJobs.gov has listed these occupations as the top in demand jobs in the last calendar month. Below you’ll find the USAJobs data, as well as other key information to landing one of these federal jobs.

There are over 10,000 more jobs added since March!

Remember, many of these careers require additional degrees or education.

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1) Office Clerk / Assistant
Jobs posted: 6749
Compared to March: Up from 5638

Find out more about becoming an Office Clerk/Assistant

2) Administration & Program Staff
Jobs posted: 6005
Compared to March: Up from 4935

Find out more about becoming Administration & Program Staff positions

3) Information Technology Management Specialist
Jobs posted: 5238
Compared to March: Up from 3164

Find out more about entering Information Technology Management Specialist

4) Contract Specialist
Jobs posted: 4079
Compared to March: Up from 4079

Find out more about Contracting in the Government

5) Management and Program Analyst
Jobs posted: 3816
Compared to March: Up from 3164

Find out more about Management and Program Analyst positions

6) Human Resources Specialist
Jobs posted: 2823
Compared to March: Up from 2670

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7) Nurse
Jobs posted: 2620
Compared to March: Up from 2346

Nurses are in extremely high demand

Find out more about Federal Nursing Careers

8) Business and Industry Specialist
Jobs posted: 2415
Compared to March: Up from 2180

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9) Budget Analyst
Jobs posted: 2169
Compared to March: Up from 1976

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10) Secretary
Jobs posted: 2106
Compared to March: Up from 1823

Find out more about Federal Secretarial Careers

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