If you’re in the market for a federal career in IT or national security, the job hunt just got a little easier.
USA Jobs, the federal government’s primary career-listing site, now has two distincts portals for openings in national security as well as science, technology, engineering and math to help job seekers sift through open positions more easily.
USA Jobs has been around for more than 25 years and has gone through several redesigns, though prospective and current federal employees have complained that the database is too big and difficult to search. There are more than 1,100 jobs posted per day, on average.
Though there are other entry points to public service, like social media, referrals and agency-specific job sites, most federal agencies rely on USA Jobs to publicize vacancies. It’s also widely used by recruiters and human resources personnel to communicate openings.
To make it more user-friendly, the Office of Personnel Management has given the site several makeovers over the last few months. In February, a portal was created exclusively for federal internships. Another similar one was created for tech-focused applicants.
More than 500 federal agencies use USA Jobs to post openings for a range of work from the entry level to the executive suite. In 2019, USA Jobs was searched by users more than 1.4 billion times.
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