re: Has anyone actually been hired by applying through USAjobs?

There are some hard truths and some pure falsehoods in this thread.

Yes, some jobs are posted just because they have to be posted - they have someone in mind. If you see a job that is posted and only open a few days then don't even waste your time applying. If the job is open for applications more than two weeks it is 100% competitive

The very best thing for anyone applying for a federal job through usajobs is to tailor your resume to the job posting The HR department that looks at the resumes is looking for key words in your resume. They look at the job posting and look at your resume and look at the keywords and how they match up. You can be the best qualified person in the world but if you don't have your resume together it doesn't matter you won't even make it through to the supervisor that is hiring the position

My advice is to read the job posting and the responsibilities/duties and make sure your resume reflects that you can do those things
Look for words that are used often in the description and use those in your resume as much as possible. That will get you through the first cut and then you can expound on it when you get the phone interview

I'm a retired Fed. You need to apply directly to the agency that you're trying to get into.

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The very best thing for anyone applying for a federal job through usajobs is to tailor your resume to the job posting

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Exactly this. If a job posting says 5 years of experience and you have 10, put that you have 5 years of experience. I mean you do right?

As said, the dumbass Government HR people are looking for exact key words and check offs. Your application needs to fit their job posting almost exactly.

Also remember the first person that reviews your application most likely doesn't know technicalities. Apply to the job as it's listed, don't put all kinds of technical terms and abilities that you have above and beyond what they are asking for. They don't know shite from shinola they are just looking for boxes to check.

Yes. Last year. Took 4 months for the process to play out.

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My wife is a GS-11 and told me that the gov is legally obligated to post job openings even if the position is already being filled. They don't remove the position off of USAJobs until the person they've selected starts their first day.

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Not even remotely true. My supervisor wanted to move to an office closer to where he lived. Was driving close to an hour every day. They didn't make him apply. They made him come up with a BS justification to do a lateral transfer.

Also have a coworker who is leaving the agency I work for and moving to another agency. They are doing a lateral transfer. The position will not be advertised.

Maybe if the person coming in is from the general public, sure. But there are ways around everything with the federal government.

I got my current position with the FAA from applying through USAJobs. I started applying in 2012 before retiring from the Air Force in 2013. Took two years and lots of applying,

Yes. I got a civilian job with with the Air Force at Keesler.

Yeah, I've known quite a few. understand though that even if you're overqualified for the position, you may not be overqualified compared to whose applying for the job. Those jobs are extremely competitive and plenty of people apply for them understanding they'll take a pay cut just to get benefits

Clearance jobs, especially those in the Government civilian sector (GS level jobs) are just like anything else...it is as much who you know as what you know.

Most of these people already know who they are going to hire before the job req ever gets posted. They only post the listings because they are required to by law.

I was told to put in a resume for a job listing and was guaranteed that it would get pulled, but I ended up turning down the job. I would have had to have taken a pay cut to go from working for a defense contractor to working for the government and since I was not prior military, it would have done me no good to have to start over on retirement. Your years of military service counts towards your retirement and if you are retired military you pretty much double dip on retirement.

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