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. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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 ?