I'm thinking of a career change and was thinking about a federal job.(stable, good benifets)

My question is does anyone here work at a federal job, and if so is it worth trying to get in?

How do you get in? I've been seaching the net but it seems that you have to be a vet to be concidered, OR not a citizen .

Any advice would be much appriciated,
Michael

 

How do you feel about working at a prison? My brother works at the local federal prison, (Lompoc, Ca). He really like's it. Good pay, benefits, lots of overtime. It was real easy to get hired on, as long as you can pass the back ground test.

 

Lots of jobs available out there. Pay will depend upon their needs and your background. Our mechanics typically start around $16 per hour and the more technicial areas around $20.
PM me and I'll pass along some info.

shortround out

 

The Army's always hiring .

 

SHORTROUND Your on company time here, get to work

 

you could always be a fireman.

britt

 

I have worked for the fed for 11 years now. I love my job. The pay and benefits are great. There is little recognition for those who actually produce and do not kiss butt. The job security right now is very good. I work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. We are hiring 35 new employees each week. Some shops here are actually taking over from contracted jobs from the past. That is good news. Good luck. If you feel traveling, the fed govt is always sending folks from each shipyard to each other to help. Try Electric Boat, they are in your neck of the woods and are sending folks everywhere to help, they cant get enough workers right now.

 

Yall live life in the fast lane, Army, Prison Guard, fireman. What happened to that cushy gon't job going to work every day to the same old boring cubicle just wasting the day away until it was time to go home. Your gonna give him the wrong idea about what we do. I was hired to fill a position vacancy, nobody ever said anything about a job.

 

DZilla, Got lots of friends out in your area. Seems everyone retired from the Navy and went to work at the yard or sub base. It's been 30 years since I was out in that neck of the woods. From what I've seen, probably wouldn't recognize the place.

Shortround out

 

So any advice how to find/apply for a govnt job?

Thanks for the replies, keep them coming,
Michael

 

Can’t really say about the other jobs out there but if your applying for a job in the fire service I can help. It is pretty much the same across the nation with a few exceptions here and there. First and foremost you cannot be older than 32 years of age at the time of the test. The testing is usually done once a year (more often then that if the dept. is larger). Testing is usually done in 4 stages. 1st stage consists of a written test. It used to be a civil service test but they have changed that up now. When you apply for the job they give you study material and you have to take a test over that material. Not very hard if you have any kind of reading comprehension. 2nd stage consists of the physical agility portion of the test. This part (in Little Rock’s case) is NO joke. You must be in good shape for this portion of the test. It is a timed test and you have 12 mins. To complete the entire test. The test consists of this: while wearing full turnouts with a Scott Air Pack (not on air) on your back (total weight on your body approx 65 lbs the same as structural firefighting) you

1. Unroll and roll 50 ft 3” hose.
2. Attach 2 ½” nozzle to 100 ft of 3” hose and drag it until it is completely stretched out.
3. Using a dead-blow sledgehammer move a Kaiser Sled approx. 2 feet. (Takes about 30 blows depending on how good you are)
4. Climb a 10 ft ladder and crawl through a simulated attic and back down another ladder on the other side of the attic.
5. Remove a 28 ft extension ladder from it’s rack (approx shoulder level and weighs right at 100 lbs) and walk 20 ft and raise it up on the side of a building and lower it back down.
6. Carry a high-rise pack (weight approx 70 lbs) up 4 stories and back down.
7. Drag a 170 “dummy” 150 ft.

Time stops after this. If you did it in under 12 mins. then you pass. If you didn’t you fail.

After doing all of this you have to climb a 100 ft aerial ladder to test if you are scared of heights. Sounds easy but for some people it’s not. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve had to go up and bring back down the ladder because they freeze up. Some people are scared of heights some aren’t. It’s just the way it is.

If you make it through all of this you move on to the 3rd stage. This stage consists of problem solving under pressure. You sit in front of a camera and a interviewer will give out 3 different scenarios. They will give you the first scenario and you have 5 mins to prepare and state your course of action for that scenario. Then the 2nd and then the 3rd. It’s much harder than it seems.

If you make it through that you move on to the final stage. Stage 4 consists of sitting in front of a oral panel interview. There are 6 interviewers and you will have to answer anything that they ask you. Employment history, favorite things to do, etc.

After the testing process is done (assuming you passed all stages) you will be ranked according to your overall scores. They will put you on a list to be hired from. Usually our dept. hires 30-40 firefighters a year. Sometimes more sometimes less. If you are in that top 30-40 then you will be offered a job once the final background check is complete.

Then the real work starts.


Britt

 

T-7 I couldnt do it,

first I'm a feared of heights

second I am 15%-20% dissabled from a Lowe's accident (foot run over- 2yrs later surgery to repair ripped tendons )

But thanks anyway
Michael

 

What about working for the IRS? Everybody loves them . I work for the feds in Canada and I love it. Great benefits and working conditions, especially having wife and 2 kids.

 

no problem michael.

britt

 

As of right now, im in the middle of trying to get on with the FD right now. Passed Phys/Acd test and had interview. Waiting for go-ahead for background if im selected. My odds at the moment are 1/5. At the begining they were 1/14.