Jan 27, 2012

4) Searching for Jobs using USAJOBS

  
USAJOBS offers you several ways to search for jobs.  For a quick and simple search, fill in the “What: Keyword Tips” and “Where: (U.S. city, state or zip code)” search boxes.
 
 For additional search options (e.g. department or agency, series, grade, job title) select “Advance Search” from either the link on screen or from the “Search Jobs” drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of the screen. 


You can also select “Browse Jobs” to see lists of announcements pre-sorted by agency, location or occupation.  The Search Results page provides a variety of options such as view announcement, save as a search agent, save the job for later, and refine search. 

Many search fields are followed by a blue question mark button which you can click for useful tips.


You can save up to 10 searches as “search agents” which use your search criteria around the clock to email you notifications when job opportunity announcements (JOA) are placed on USAJOBS.


Click on “My Account” from the tool bar and select “Saved Searches” from the drop down menu to modify or delete a saved search, or select “Saved Jobs” to view jobs you have saved for later.


Familiarize yourself with JOA formats in USAJOBS.  Each JOA has tabs at the top of the announcement (i.e., overview, duties, qualifications & evaluations, benefits & other information and how to apply) or click “Print Preview”.

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