The agencies featured in this section provide excellent employment prospects.
Major occupations are listed for each agency along with a short summary and links
to jobs and career information. Use this information to focus on a specific
Agency or Department and to explore viable careers for that group.
Includes open job announcements for each area.
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The Department of Education is the Cabinet-level department that establishes
policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education.
Total employment within this department is less than 5,000. There are 10
regional offices, located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas
City, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle.
The U.S. Department of Education job listings may be accessed by phone 24
hours a day at: (202) 401-0553. Their web site contains helpful
job application information including open job announcements. They also post
Department of Education Senior Executive Service Vacancy Announcements here.
A sampling of occupations employed for the DOE:
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private sector job listings.
Review the job vacancy announcements and Qualification
Standards for the job you are interested in.
Other Education Job Listings &
Resources:
The nation’s principal conservation agency employs 72,274 persons. The
Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned
public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of
our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the
environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places,
and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation.
A sampling of occupations employed for the DOI:
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private sector job listings.
Review the job vacancy announcements and Qualification Standards for the job you are interested in.
Other Interior Job Listings and
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This department works to maintain and improve farm income and develop and
expand markets abroad for agricultural products. Helps curb and cure poverty,
hunger, and malnutrition. Enhances the environment and maintains production
capacity through efforts to protect the soil, water, forests, and other natural
resources.
Field meat and poultry inspector units are located throughout the country in
hundreds of metropolitan areas. Employment opportunities exist at hundreds of
locations that are administered from the central offices. Persons interested in
employment in the Food Safety and Inspection Service should contact the USDA
Office of Personnel, Washington, DC 20250. Phone (301) 504-9605, E-mail:
mphotline.fsis@usda.gov. Internet Web site:
www.fsis.usda.gov
A sampling of occupations employed for the DOA:
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private sector job listings.
Other Agriculture Job Listings and
Resources:
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