If you didn’t make it to
the federal job fair at National Building Museum on Thursday, then you missed
quite a big to-do. But that doesn’t mean that your only opportunity to work for
the federal government – currently one of the most popular employers on the
market – has passed you by. Seventy-seven federal agencies set up booths at
Thursday’s fair, OhMyGov!
reported Friday, and they’ll be looking to fill 200,000 entry-level
positions over the next four years.
The National Building
Museum fair is gone, but big agencies such as the FBI, the NSA, the Secret
Service and the Defense Intelligence Agency will be appearing at job fairs
around the country during the next few months.
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
July 27 – 28: National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives (NOBLE): Norfolk Waterside Marriott, Norfolk, VA
National
Security Agency
Aug. 1 – 6: Joint Statistical Meetings: Washington, DC
Aug. 7 – 8: Society of American Indian Government Employees
(SAIGE) Conference and Career Fair: San Diego, CA
Aug. 14 – 15: National Association of Asian American
Professionals (NAAAP) Conference and Career Fair: Denver, CO
Nov. 16 – 19: Super Computing 2009 Exhibit: Portland, OR
Secret
Service
July 23: Monster Job Fair, National Career Fairs: Crowne
Plaza, Denver, CO
Aug. 7: Monster Job Fair, National Career Fair: Crowne Plaza
Tysons Corner, McLean, VA
Aug. 20: Whiting Field Job Fair: Naval Air Station Whiting
Field, Milton, FL (Military only)
Aug. 24: Monster Job Fair, National Career Fairs: Holiday
Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, Arlington, VA
Sept. 10: Civilian Jobs.com Job Fair: Fort Campbell,
Kentucky (Military only)
Sept. 10: Civilian Jobs.com Job Fair: Fort Drum, NY
(Military only)
Sept. 10: Civilian Jobs.com Job Fair: Fort Hood, TX
(Military only)
Sept. 15: Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
Job Fair: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Sept. 17: Military Overseas Recruiting Events (MORE) Job Fair: Fort Still, OK (Military only)
Sept. 24: Civilian Jobs.com Job Fair: Fort Benning, GA
(Military only)
Sept. 24 – 26: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2009
Annual Legislative Conference Diversity Job Fair: Walter E. Washington
Convention Center, Washington, DC
Nov. 6: Military Overseas Recruiting Events (MORE) Job Fair: Fort Drum, NY (Military only)
Nov. 10: Military.com Fair, National Career Fair: Holiday
Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, Arlington, VA
Nov. 12: Monster Job Fair, National Career Fair: Holiday Inn
Greentree, Pittsburgh, PA
Military
Sept. 10: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: DoubleTree Hotel,
Arlington, VA
Sept. 15: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Washington
Convention Center, Washington, DC
Oct. 22: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Coronado Island
Marriott Hotel, Coronado, CA
Nov. 20: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: The Waterford,
Springfield, VA
Jan. 29, 2010: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Morocco Shrine,
Jacksonville, FL
Feb. 18, 2010: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Virginia Beach
Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Mar. 19, 2010: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: The Waterford,
Springfield, VA
Apr. 14, 2010: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Washington Convention
Center, Washington, DC
May 14, 2010: MOAA/Corporate Gray Job Fair: Martin’s
Crosswinds, Greenbelt, MD
Further listing of military job fairs can be found here.
Defense
Intelligence Agency
July 23: Hiring Heroes Career
Fair: Camp Pendleton, CA
July 24: Job News Job Fair: Fort
Lauderdale, FL
Aug. 4: University of South
Florida Job Fair: Plant City, FL
Aug. 7 – 8: Organization of
Chinese Americans (OCA): San Francisco, CA
Aug. 24 – 28: National
Organization of Blacks In Government (BIG): Baltimore, MD
Sept. 9: Ft. Meade Community Job
Fair: Fort George G. Meade, MD
Although the federal hiring process has been criticized
in the past for its inefficiency, Peter Orszag, director of the Office of
Management and Budget, announced in June that the feds are making an effort to
simplify the process. This change, along with others
implemented by the new administration, is part of an effort to make Uncle
Sam a more competitive employer.
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