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I hate USAJobs, they make it so confusing sometimes. The problem I have found is they want you to have experience at a GS 5 level. The problem is that I only have 3 months at a GS 5 from when I was a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg.

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My understanding is that you have to show that you have experience that matches that level. I'm a late-career government employee (just turned 40 with only 1 year as a fed at the FAA) and I just had to show comparable experience (mine was as a contractor) at the appropriate level. My situation was unique in that I had almost 20 years experience on my resume when I applied and got picked up as a fed.

You can look at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) site for detailed descriptions of the positions and what the responsibilities/expectations are.

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I'm a male stripper - cause Mr. Miyagi is SEXY.

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who has time for work:ss:ss:ss

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I'm a SAHM!!! For those of you like my hubby......that means stay at home mom. Photography part time....soon..... school for cosmetology!!

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Industrial Maintainence Mechanic, just like an auto mechanic except I get to work on really big stuff.....:r

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Pyrotechnic chemist, working with military and civilian pyrotechnics (in Sweden!). Fireworks is in my heart but sadly enough not a part of my job anymore! :(

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Getty, pitman is right. go to usajobs search the areas your interested in working. If you have any questions, please feel free to pm me or email or whatever. I can elp you with KSA's (which I hate) if need be. Also, apply for whatever you want, let them tell you no rather than saying you only have xxx experience. Trust me on that. Also, be paitient as like anything with the GOV (unless you owe money) they move pretty damn slow. Again, fell free to ask anything

Ryan

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I wear many Hats.
I'm a FF/Paramedic, I teach EMS (EMT/Paramedic program) at a local college and finaly, My brother and I own a private security firm. Busy, busy.

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Energy Consultant not for a firm Kelly owns ;)

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Well I actually work in a prison watching inmates.. So does this count as the same thing?? :confused:

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I sell Food....yummy.....get to meet with chefs all day....:D

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I'm a pilot for a airline in the midwest.

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I used to be a firefighter!! I miss it like crazy. Never got into the medical part of it all though.

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sales and marketing selling timeshare. Constantly trying to figure out how to seperate people from the majority of their disposible income through high pressure tactics and preying on unsuspecting tourists visiting from the frozen North while constantly reminding myself, "you da man".

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Coffee's for closers!!!

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MCS

Always Be CLOSING!!!

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I supervise the training for engineers, chemists, radiation protection and emergency response personnel at the Callaway Nuclear Plant in Missouri.

My real job is obtaining cigars and finding places to put them. :)

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I'm a police officer for a medium sized suburb north of Chicago...Been there for eleven years (not a rookie anymore...have used this screen name for a lonnng time since the early days of Cigarbid..Too lazy to change it)...Also a field training officer (just got my newest trainee into cigars..LOL), a firearms instructor and armorer for Beretta (Mod 92s and 96), Remington 870s, and all Glocks, all training paid for by my dept

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Sales -
Custom Printed Promotional Merchandise
aka Advertising Specialties
aka Premiums

Basically, anything with a logo :D

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A college degree will typically get you a GS-7 if your grades were good, GS-5 should be easy. Are you still near the Gettysburg area? There may not be much up that way, but if you're willing to move east a bit there are always hundreds of postings for Ft Dietrick, Aberdeen Proving Grounds (my home), and the DC metro area.

Job fairs are great places to make contacts. Check out the nearby schools and see if the government is recruiting there, you usually don't need to be a student. I graduated from VT, but I ultimately got hired from a contact I met at UMD. Those sorts of personal contacts will mean more than a random resume online.

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Currently work in the electronic repair deptartment for Nielsen Media Research.
Have many years experience in computers and electronics, but willing to do anything that pays more than I currently make as long as it is legal and ethical.

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So you're basically a professional sleeper? :sleep:


:D A couple buddies of mine are CO's and I hear some really funny stories.

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As little as possible. :D But since the company insists I do something, I'm an IT corporate instructor for a large virtualization company. :ss

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I'm sure you hear some good ones.....We all have the funny stories at work.

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I make stuff out of dead cows

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That needs to be a separate thread I think!

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Network Support Specialist / Hardware Support Specialist

Basically I help keep the network and computers for a branch of my metro government up and running.

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I splice the thin glass stuff that replacing all the telephone wires. For a telephone company that wants to be a cable company!!!!!

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW????

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I'm the GM of a vending company. You know, those machines that provide you with candy and soda for lunch while your at work. Please don't beat on the machine, it's probably your fault it didn't work properly:ss.

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I'm a US Marine! Semper Fi!

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Semper Fi from a former Marine. 92 - 96. :usa

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Thanks, KSAs suck. I know how slow the gov can be. I tried to become a secret service agent, got all the way to the polygraph (2nd to last step) and after that got a letter saying there were more qualified applicants. Whole process took 6 months.

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Law Enforcement Officer :D

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Director of a summer camp, art museum docent, occasional ropes course and zip-line builder, perennial student.

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I am the janitor in an ivory tower when I'm not indoctrinating impressionable young minds with a left wing, socialist agenda. In other words, I'm a university prof.

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I am the assistant controller for a private real estate/construction company in NEPA.

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At least your proud enough to admit what you do. And I respect you for it.

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I'm on my third career.
1st career was serving in the U.S. Coast Guard for 21 years. Retired as a Senior Chief Petty Officer.

2nd career was for 10 years as the managing editor for a monthly hunting and fishing magazine owned by a small printing company.

Currently I am a sole proprietor LLC specializing in designing print advertising for grocery stores. (You know, those sales papers you get in the newspaper telling you who has Ribeye steaks on sale for $5.99 lb.)

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I have no shame in being a janitor. :ss

As for the indoctrination ... I don't discuss politics with students since I don't teach political science, nor do I have an agenda.

I think outsiders would be surprised at how conservative faculty are in colleges of agriculture, where many were raised on farms or in small towns, compared to the liberal arts "I teach poetry" types.

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I sell advertising people love!! AKA - Custom printed promotional items.

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I've done a lot of stuff in my short working days. However, right now I work for TexCigars.com doing orders and customer service and whatnot.

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I throw stuff for a living, it pays the college bills

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I drink for a living... for real. Im in the wine biz :al


~Vitis

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:r:r

So....YOU'RE the man huh? who got my sister in way over her head... :bx

I'm an institutional stock trader/closer with an emphasis in sales.

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i get to put my crazy mind to work and doodle designs.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...VPqrXqG9Ml0%3D

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Yea, but your curriculum kicks ass!


As for me, I provide management & health IT support services to physician offices.

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I type on a laptop all the time, sometimes in different places around the globe/country. Sometimes when my laptop dies I have to type on my blackberry so I dont forget how to type. In short Im a noise/vibration consulting Engineer, who formerly worked primarily in the automotive field and now...doesn't?

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Grad student in the wonderful world of classical Japanese literature. Teaching Assistant for the large East Asian Civ survey course which translates into babysitting undergraduates. :rolleyes:

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I'll be honest. I don't think being a Janitor would be that bad of a job. Hell, I'd do it. You clean and don't have to help customers or anything, just work and do your thing.

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Factory rat.

I work for an evil, soul-sucking corporation molding plastic auto parts. Job itself is cool, dealing with all the corporate BS is not.