Landing a National Park Service Job: My Own Story (Part Four)Continued from yesterday’s post. I. Keep in mind that I am mainly talking about interpretive positions, which is what I am familiar with. The NPS employs people in lots of other capacities and some jobs are easier to get than others. The practical effect is that limiting yourself to applying at only one park so severely limits your chances that you may never get hired. So as I’ve already said, you have to be willing to go where the opportunities are and hope that some day you land a permanent position wherever that might be. Once you have that permanent job, if you like the park and the job you can stay there forever. However, if you want to advance in the NPS, you usually will have to move to another park. Jobs in the NPS have GS rankings. Generally speaking GS- 4 is the lowest. They are not supposed to be expected to develop interpretive programs and are only expected to be able to consult secondary source materials. These distinctions become blurred in practice. I know from experience that GS- 4s often do the same job that GS- 5s do. The National Park Service (NPS) currently has funding for about 13,000 full-time employees nationwide. Some of these jobs are not filled, while others are filled by short-term (seasonal) employees. Each year, the National Park. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Best Practice. The Social Security Administration has six Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) advisory groups that work with the Commissioner and the Executive Staff to help provide service to the. In order to advance, to move up the GS scale, one must apply for advertised positions just as if one is applying for a new job. A park can rarely promote a current. The one big exception to this rule is the 5/7/9. See why I said I am envious of those friends of mine who got 5/7/9 positions through the SCEP? They got a permanent job without going through the competitive process and will be promoted to GS- 9 without going through the competitive process. I’ve applied for 5/7/9 positions, including positions on the Mall in D. C. Once, I was called for a phone interview, then never heard from them again. Interestingly, however, the announcement was open to “all sources,” meaning the public could apply. This is where “status” comes into play. You only get status by landing a permanent position. In other words, if I got a 5/7/9 under a public announcement I would jump from being the GS- 4 that I am now to being a GS- 7 just based on my education. I found this out the hard way. Some leads on career-building experience. Department of Education Fall Internships: Have you ever wondered about pursuing a federal career? Are you interested in public service? Would you like to gain valuable work. I recently ran into an issue migrating a mailbox from one version of Exchange to another. There have been instances where we had to move mailboxes back to Exchange 2007 due to 3 rd party applications not fully supporting. Under President Obama’s leadership, the Federal Government has taken steps to help students and recent graduates join the Federal service. New opportunities will appear on USAJOBS as agencies. The School Food Service Equipment Grant is intended to improve the infrastructure of the NSLP. This will be achieved by providing the opportunity for schools to purchase equipment to serve healthier meals that meet the updated. Author: Aaron Czechowski, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and Mobility First, if you are using Configuration Manager and interested in deploying Windows 10, version 1607, you should first read the recent. I applied for a 7/9 at Shiloh. They weren’t offering a 5/7/9, just a 7/9. I thought my graduate degree would qualify me as a 7 like it had for the Mall in D. C. Education only works like that under a public announcement. Under merit promotion I could not even apply for a 7 because I haven’t been a 5 long enough. Conceivably, someone with a graduate degree but no Park Service experience could jump into a 7 or even a 9 position, but I have to believe that would be extremely rare. By the way, officially, 4s and 5s are only “Park Guides.” You have to be a 5 in a? It gets more confusing. After working as a Term GS- 4 Park Guide for a year at U. S. Grant NHS, it was decided that the position would be made permanent. Remember, I couldn’t just be “given” the job. It had to be announced for competition. I’ve heard it said many times that if a park really wants someone they will find a way to get them. I don’t know that that is entirely true, but if you see an announcement that is very specific; that is. It took working at four different parks. It took working a seasonal job, a student job, another seasonal job, and a term job. It took applying for numerous positions I didn’t get. It took lots of study, lots of money, and lots of sacrifice. My closest family is 4 hours away. All of this cost us a lot of money. And I only have a GS- 4! Still, in many ways I count myself lucky. I have a permanent job in a beautiful park where I get to talk about one of my favorite subjects. Many have worked seasonally longer than I did. If you have been following it and have questions, please ask. I’ll be happy to try to answer them as best I can.
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