Government jobs are the most searched thing in the US today — is USAJobs actually the best place to find federal work, or are there better boards?
I keep seeing that federal agencies and the VA are hiring right now for admin, clerical, healthcare support and facilities roles, a lot of them with no degree required. USAJobs is the official portal, but the listings all look the same and I have heard the hiring process takes forever. For anyone who actually landed a federal job recently, did you apply only through USAJobs, or did something else work better — agency career pages, LinkedIn, a recruiter? I am entry-level and mostly looking for something stable with real benefits.
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- USAJobs only, skip the paid boards
Do not pay any site that charges you to see federal listings. Every federal opening is posted on USAJobs for free, and the VA posts on its own careers site. The paid boards just scrape those same listings and add a fee. The slow part is real: tailor your resume to the exact keywords in the posting, because the first screen is automated, and expect months between applying and starting. Apply to a lot of them — volume is the only free lever you have.