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Launching a career in government work can be a difficult thing, for many reasons. Many applicants are never contacted for a follow-up. It's difficult to contact federal agencies, often due to security concerns. There are so many career choices that it can be difficult to choose. In my opinion, government internships are the cure to all of these paralyzing thoughts, and ...

To help you choose the right career field, we have prepared the following articles that group federal jobs by appropriate academic majors. As you study the table, please keep these facts in mind: 1. The jobs listed under each major are usually examples, not an all-inclusive list. 2. Many jobs do not require a college degree; job-related experience is just as ...

Whether or not you work for the government, Uncle Sam can help pay for those pesky student loans. GovCentral researched three federal programs that will reduce your student loan payments or even make the payments for you. We’ve also found which careers can give you the best chance to qualify for them. Read on to find out how to get Uncle ...

After leaving the military, many servicemen and women must find their first private-industry job or consider using their combat experience to advance their previous careers. One of the most difficult challenges in making this transition is translating military experience into marketable private-industry skills on your resume. Military experience can be simplified by the following four straightforward principles: h3. Skip the Acronyms ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is the Grants.gov program’s managing partner, and allows access to the 26 federal grant-making agencies available through this convenient E-Government initiative. Below are the links to those agency websites. If you would like to learn more about grants specific to these agencies, please click on the title of the agency below: [widget:353] Corporation for ...

Internships provide an individual with a monitored or supervised work or service experience where the individual has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on what he or she is learning throughout the experience. These learning goals can include: academic learning, career development, skill development, and personal development. Federal internship programs are available to students across a wide variety of disciplines and ...

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Students in criminal justice explore every aspect of crime, the law, and the justice system. Law enforcement administration majors learn how to manage and direct police departments, sheriff’s departments, and other law enforcement agencies and institutions (source: collegeboard.com). Below is a list of federal jobs appropriate for criminal justice / law enforcement majors. [widget:various_federal_jobs_guides] Border Patrol Agents Criminal Investigators Game Law ...

Welcome to the GovCentral. website, a career-focused social network for the civilian government community. Here you can link up with other members from the US government community who have excelled in varied professions, are looking for great job opportunities, and want to discuss the issues that matter most to federal workers. I am Kyle Stone, the editor of GovCentral. and I ...

Student Volunteer Service (Internships) Working at Headquarters in Washington, D.C., or in various field offices located throughout the United States can prepare students for a career with the United States Secret Service. The Student Intern Program provides unpaid academic-related work assignments that allow students to explore career options in addition to developing personal and professional skills. Students are expected to work ...

Looking to work in the government but don't know where to start? Getting an internship is the perfect way to get your foot in the door. There are a wide spectrum of departments, with various roles and responsibilities in each. Some are unpaid or volunteer while others are include a stipend or salary (the listings in bold below are paid.) What ...

Public administration degrees are specifically designed for those who are seeking careers in government policy and administration; therefore, this degree has a more exact focus than a Criminal Justice degree or an MBA. The curriculum includes leadership and management skills, strategic planning, media relations, and disaster response. One can expect to come away from a program in public administration with a ...

The Master of Business Administration degree might not be an obvious choice for those considering government careers - yet MBA graduates are currently in very strong demand at some of the major government agencies, including the Department of Labor, US Postal Service, and NASA. A master's degree in business administration will help you to grasp the complex relationship between the public ...

Homeland Security degree programs represent a new directive in academia which responds to the specialized defense needs of the United States (generally understood as triggered by 9/11). Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government has been investing heavily in the development of Homeland Security curriculum among community colleges, four-year institutions, and postgraduate schools across America. Homeland ...

Does the idea of working abroad in a US embassy appeal to you? You might be a political officer, analyzing current affairs and reporting relevant happenings back to the US. You could analyze commercial and trade policy and help to ease market restrictions for US goods abroad. Or you could be a human resources or financial officer in Namibia, Panama or ...

The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversees the federal government's civilian workforce, recently created an ad campaign spanning four television networks to directly speak to college students and recent graduates ages 18 - 40. The idea: To tell students and recent graduates around the country that rewarding careers await them in the federal government. The federal government says it ...

There are two internship programs available to Law Students in the Department of Justice: - The Summer Law Intern Program and - The Volunteer Legal Recruitment The Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) is the Department's competitive recruitment program for compensated summer internships. Selection for employment is based on many elements of a candidate's background including academic achievement, law review or moot ...

Everyone’s made a mistake or three at one point or another in their career. The mistakes that sting the most are ones that can cost a job, or a potential job. My mistake involves a resume with a typo. Over the course of a few months I interviewed several times with the same company. Prior to my final interview, the HR ...

Economics majors learn about economic theory, economic systems such as capitalism, and mathematical methods. They use their knowledge to analyze how limited resources are made, traded, and used (source: collegeboard.com). Below is a list of federal jobs appropriate for economics majors. Actuaries Budget Analysts Contract Specialists Economists Financial Analysts Financial Institution Examiners Loan Specialists Trade Specialists Transportation Industrial Analysts GAO Evaluators ...

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