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50 articles in federal-employment
Navigate federal hiring with veteran preference. USAJobs tips, GS pay scales, and federal career paths for military. Browse all articles below or explore other categories for more military transition resources.
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Navigate federal hiring with veteran preference. USAJobs tips, GS pay scales, and federal career paths for military. Our content is updated regularly and covers topics from VA disability claims and compensation to career planning, financial readiness, and state-by-state veteran benefits.
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Complete guide to maintaining your security clearance after leaving the military. Learn about clearance currency, reactivation, gaps in cleared employment, and strategies to protect your clearance value.
Comprehensive guide to ManTech careers for veterans. Learn about IT services, cyber operations, intelligence positions, veteran hiring programs, clearance requirements, and how to land jobs at this defense contractor.
Comprehensive guide to L3Harris careers for veterans. Learn about communications, electronic warfare, ISR systems positions, veteran hiring programs, clearance requirements, and how to land jobs at this major defense contractor.
Comprehensive guide to Leidos careers for veterans. Learn about defense, intelligence, health IT, and civil engineering positions, veteran hiring programs, clearance requirements, and how to land jobs at this major contractor.
Comprehensive guide to Lockheed Martin careers for veterans. Learn about engineering, technical, and program management positions, veteran hiring programs, clearance requirements, and how to land a job at the world's largest defense contractor.
Comprehensive guide to KBR careers for veterans. Learn about engineering, government services, international operations positions, veteran hiring programs, and how to land jobs at this global services company.
Master federal job questionnaires and KSA statements. Learn how to rate yourself accurately, support claims with evidence, and avoid disqualification pitfalls.
Comprehensive guide to General Dynamics careers for veterans. Learn about shipbuilding, land systems, IT services (GDIT), veteran hiring programs, clearance requirements, and how to land jobs at this major defense contractor.
Comprehensive introduction to government contracting careers for veterans. Learn how GovCon works, types of contractors, clearance requirements, and why military experience is highly valued in defense contracting.
Comprehensive guide to GSA Schedule contracts for veteran-owned businesses. Learn what GSA Schedules are, how to get one, benefits for SDVOSB/VOSB, requirements, and how to succeed with your GSA contract.
Comprehensive guide to FAA careers for veterans. Learn about Air Traffic Controller positions, aviation safety, technical operations, hiring process, salary, and how military aviation experience helps.
Comprehensive guide to FBI careers for veterans. Learn about Special Agent positions, professional staff roles, hiring process, salary, requirements, and how military experience helps at the FBI.
Understand the federal hiring timeline from USAJOBS application to your first day. Learn typical timeframes, status meanings, and how to navigate delays in government hiring.
Complete guide to federal pay scales including GS (General Schedule), WG (Wage Grade), and SES (Senior Executive Service). Learn how locality pay works and what you can expect to earn.
Learn the critical differences between federal and civilian resumes. This guide shows veterans exactly how to transform their experience into a federal resume that gets referred.
Comprehensive guide to FEMA careers for veterans. Learn about Emergency Management Specialist positions, disaster response, reservist programs, hiring process, and how military experience helps.
Learn how Direct Hire Authority accelerates federal hiring for veterans. Understand which positions use DHA, how it bypasses normal processes, and how to find DHA opportunities.
Comprehensive guide to DOE careers for veterans. Learn about National Labs, NNSA, energy programs, nuclear security positions, hiring process, and how military technical experience helps at DOE.
Comprehensive guide to DEA careers for veterans. Learn about Special Agent positions, Diversion Investigators, Intelligence, hiring process, salary, and how military experience helps at DEA.
Comprehensive guide to DHS careers for veterans. Learn about CBP, TSA, ICE, Secret Service, FEMA, Coast Guard civilian, and more. Salary ranges, hiring programs, and application tips.