The New USAJobs.gov: Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of THE Federal Government Job Board

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Presentation delivered by John Allen of the Office of Personnel Management on 12/8/2011 at The George Washington University at the FedCollege recruiting conference co-organized by RECSOLU and CollegeRecruiter.com.

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Early Day Web Sites

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• Started as a standard centralized job board for Federal job opportunities– Previously applicants had to search more than 450

individual government web sites– Were often challenged by outdated paper and faxed

based applications• Enhanced over the years to a applicant-centric job search

and apply web site that leverages a new open integration framework to utilize many other tools such as assessments, alternate sourcing, social media, reports and so on.

What is USAJOBS?

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Today

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Understanding Federal Job Locations

• Geographical duty location– Official location (commuting area) of the position as

defined on the SF-50 (HR Staffing specialist)• Geographical Area of Consideration– Where applicants must live in order to be considered

• Duty Location– Certified area for competitively sourced positions (HR

Staffing specialist)• Job Location– Where the Pin appears on a map is where I will be/want

to be sitting (Applicant)

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Scenario 1 – Oklahoma City, OK

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Scenario 2 – Paris France

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Scenario 3 – State Department

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Scenario 4 - Telework

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Scenario 5 – Location negotiated upon selection

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