ccaa federal job workshop lessons learned from fed job searching usajobs best practice

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CCAA Federal Job WorkShop

Lessons Learned from Fed Job Searching

• www.usajobs.gov• Best Practice

Steve Huilung Liu/Bill Cheng

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President Obama HR hiring Reform, Nov. 1, 2010 • Eliminate the use of KSA.

• Require managers and supervisors to play a greater role in the hiring process.

• Use shorter job announcements written in plain English.

• Eliminate the current "rule-of-three" process. Instead, managers can select from many more candidates.

• Notify Applicants of their status.

Clear Yet? Maybe?

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1. Registration: Create an account2. Develop your online resume – (keywords) 3. Search for jobs

(http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/advanced.aspx)a. Agencyb. Locationc. Grade level (GS, GG, Pay Bank……)d. Keywordse. Salaryf. Series (IT specialist, 2210 and General Engineer is 0801).g. Setup job search criteria.

4. Email Notification with a list of jobs that match your search criteria.

Searching Criteria at USAJOBS.gov

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 1. IT Openings:- Security InfoSec - Project Management- Policy Planning- System Administrator: DBA/Unix Admin/Email

- Application development- QA

 2. Hot issues:

- IT security(Cyber Security, FISMA,.....)- Cloud Computing- Virtualization- RAD: 4th Generation language, Seibel,Peoplesoft.....

- Web Development Java, - Sharepoint

IT Job Searching for Federal Government

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IT Job Searching for Federal Government

1.Best Practice:- Journal: Federal computer week(fcw.com), InformationWeek, Computerworld- Radio: Federal NEWS Radio AM1500 every morning

- News: Washingtonpost, Federal page2. Job Openings:

-Date-Who should apply?-Requirements-Homework: Background, Agency/Office,

Projects…… - Connections

3. Interview:- Get a book from Library or Amazon.com- Prepare some questions- Explain your background/experience defined in

your KSA/resume- Connections

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Q & A ?