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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.
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CCAA Federal Job WorkShop • Lessons Learned • from Fed Job Searching • www.usajobs.gov • Best Practice • Steve HuilungLiu/Bill Cheng CCAA Feb Job WorkShop 10/09/2011
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? CCAA Feb Job WorkShop 10/09/2011
Searching Criteria at USAJOBS.gov • Registration: Create an account • Develop your online resume – (keywords) • Search for jobs (http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/advanced.aspx) • a. Agency • b. Location • c. Grade level (GS, GG, Pay Bank……) • d. Keywords • e. Salary • f. 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. CCAA Feb Job WorkShop 10/09/2011
IT Job Searching for Federal Government • 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 CCAA Feb Job WorkShop 10/09/2011
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 page • 2. 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 CCAA Feb Job WorkShop 10/09/2011
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