This week we look at another government resource,
We look at some of the federal government websites that focus on careers.
The following list of federal government websites from the United States Department of Labor.Collection of websites that have general career information from the United States Department of Labor
You may find helpful information from one of these websites.
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This week, we look at remote federal job positions.
Below is one way to search for remote job positions; listed here are generalities; check with the position you are interested in regarding the remote arrangements of that job.
USA Jobs Websites
The USA Jobs website is a one-way for people to search for federal job positions.
USA Jobs
Type in: www.usajobs.gov
USA Jobs is a federal government website that helps job seekers find job openings. USA Jobs described itself as
“About USAJOBS
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal employment opportunities across the United States and around the world. As the federal government’s official employment site, USAJOBS helps the right people find the right jobs. (from https://help.usajobs.gov/about)
The federal government system has two types of remote job positions:
- Remote–a job position that is 100% remote most of the time; may occasionally report to an office
- Telework–these partial remote positions allow you to work from home, but you must go into an office at various times.
A description of these two types of remote job positions is below.
Remote Jobs
USA Jobs describes remote jobs as:
“A remote job in the federal government is one where you are not expected to report to an official agency worksite regularly. Instead, you will work from your home or other alternative worksite either within or outside of the commuting area of your agency’s official worksite.” (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/remote)
“Am I expected to come to an office?
As a remote worker, you may occasionally travel to an office for training or other reasons, but you will not regularly commute to an office for your day-to-day work.” (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/remote)
How to search for Remote job positions
Go to USAJobs.gov
You will then see a search feature at the top of the screen.
Type “Remote” in the “Location or Remote” box.
Then click the “Search” box.
You will then get a listing of remote jobs.
Telework Jobs
What is telework (hybrid)?
Many federal jobs offer the option to work from home and from an office location. Sometimes this is referred to as a hybrid schedule or hybrid work, but the federal government calls this telework. How often you are required to report to an office depends on the agency and the job duties.
Telework-eligible jobs are not the same as remote positions, which is a position where you work from home or an approved alternative worksite without a requirement to regularly go into an office. Review the job announcement to understand the requirements before applying to a job. (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/telework)
How to search for Telework job positions
Go to www.usajobs.gov
You will find a search tool at the top of the screen.
- Put in a geographical location where you would like to work.
You will hopefully get a list of job positions.
You can then search for this list of job positions by telework.
You have some choices on the right side of the screen.
You can select the plus mark next to the word “Location.”
You then will get a menu of choice to appear.
Select the choice that says “Offers telework.”
You then should get a list of job positions that offer the telework option.
Telework jobs sometimes require you to report to an office, so you need to express a particular geographical location.
Hiring Path Filter
Other filters
You may want to add additional filters to the list of jobs.
You may wish to apply for a Hiring Path Filter.
Click the box plus sign next to the words “Hiring Paths” to open up a menu of different options.
The federal government reserves specific jobs for people with a particular background (for example, some federal jobs require people to be veterans)
The Hiring Path filter lists different filters based on a person’s background. For example, the “Veterans” filter applies to federal government jobs for veterans.
The more filters you can select, the more job positions you would be qualified for.
About everyone will select the “Open to the public” Hiring Path filter.
Symbols
The Hiring Path filters list has a symbol next to each filter.
The symbols are small circles.
The symbol helps to communicate what hiring path that symbol represents.
For example, the “Veterans” hiring path is a symbol
“Open to the general public” hiring path has a symbol.
Each Hiring Path filter will have a symbol.
The different job descriptions will also have Hiring Path symbols.
A job description may have more than one Hiring Path symbol; therefore, people of various backgrounds may qualify for the position.
You want to look at the Hiring Path symbol in the job description to see if you have a background that would allow you to qualify for the job position.
You do not want to waste your time applying for a job position when you do not have the right background to apply for the job.
For example, if a job position only has a “Veterans” Hiring Path Symbol, the job is qualified for veterans only. You do not want to waste time applying for the job if you are not a veteran.
The Federal Government has different federal remote job positions. You may find your next remote job with the federal government.
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Hello Everyone
Happy New Year as we enter 2025.
Content Calendar for 2025
For those who may be interested, here are my current thoughts on my content calendar for 2025 for Live Your Life Learning.
Sort of outline of content for the next year.
The outline may change as we go through 2025.
The content calendar outlines the posting schedule for all content.
Content Calendar Organized by the week of the month
The content calendar is based on the week of the month.
Content for the different weeks are:
One week
Description of a Remote Job Opportunity or Internet Remote Resource
Do a post on a remote job opportunity or Internet Remote Resource.
Second Week
Collection Deposit
I am calling the posts that appear in the second week of every month “Collection Deposit.” These thoughts may help a person on a remote opportunity journey.
Third Week
Career Exploration
The third week of posts centers on career exploration ideas to help people explore a career.
Fourth Week
Explore what (if any) remote opportunities may be in a particular economic sector in Omaha, Nebraska.
I will contact different organizations in a specific economic sector in Omaha, Nebraska, asking those organizations what (if any) remote opportunities those organizations may have.
Then, I will post the results of asking the organizations.
Extra Posts (as time allows)
Extra: Besides the post schedule listed above, I may also make additional posts as time allows. Some additional ideas are:
I may do posts by interviewing people.
I have an interest in interviewing people.
Interviews could be with people in the remote opportunity field
I may also do interviews with people in other areas–just to interview people and learn more about them.
Do posts on the remote industry — talk about the current topics in the remote opportunity area.
Here are some ideas about the type of content I plan to post on Live Your Life Learning and when I plan to post the content.
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Happy New Year !!
Hello Everyone
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year
Enjoy the rest of 2024, and have a great 2025.
Happy New Year Everyone.
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Informational Interview contact name sources: Career Offices in Colleges and Universities
What are Informational Interviews?
Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.
An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.
This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.
We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.
For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Career Offices in Colleges and Universities.
Career Offices
You can sometimes get career information from talking to people in Career Offices in a college and university. Career Offices for each college and university may be different. Career Offices may help students and (sometimes alumni) with their career journey.
Sometimes a career office can help students and alumni with contact names for informational interviews. Career Offices would often use the alumni as a source for contact information for informational interviews for the college and university students and alumni looking for contact names.
Career Offices may have other names like Career Center or Career Counseling Offices and other names–the specific name may vary with each college and university.
Career Offices in colleges and universities may provide students and alumni with contact names for informational interviews.
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Informational Interview contact name sources: Informational Interviews themselves
What are Informational Interviews?
Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.
An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.
This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.
We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.
For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Informational Interviews themselves.
Informational Interviews themselves
You can sometimes get career information from talking to people doing Informational Interviews. A source for Informational Interviews can come from Informational Interviews themselves. Informational Interviews can give people information on a particular profession and additional contact names of additional people to interviews. You only need to ask during an Informational Interview for the person you are interviewing may give you additional contact names.
You could ask a question like:
“Do you know of anyone else who would be interested in interviewing me?”
If you create a good impression with the person you are interviewing, you may get additional contact names.
Sometimes when you are trying to find information on a particular profession; Informational Interviews themselves may be a source of contact names for Informational Interviews. You may find additional people to interview from an Informational Interview themselves.
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For this week, I highlighted some of the remote job positions available from Omaha, Nebraska government agencies–here are three positions. This is for October 20, 2024.
The positions highlighted in the post are for those in the United States, not for the international community market.
Here, we list three remote job positions government agencies offer for Omaha, NE. The description includes links for more detailed job descriptions. Use the link to get a more detailed job description. (For the podcast, go to Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel to get access to the links)
Federal Government
The following position is remote–these are 100% remote positions–you do not have to report to a physical workplace. This means people can access jobs from anywhere in the United States; you do not have to report to a work office.
Position: Design Patent Examiner
You can find the job on the USAJobs.gov website.
Job Description address is: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/808367200
State of Nebraska Government
Position: Assistant Solicitor General
You can find the job on the Statejobs.nebraska.gov/ website.
Job Description address is: https://son.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NebraskaStateCareers/details/Assistant-Solicitor-General_JR2024-00003157
The job is described as “Remote work may be possible.”
Iowa State Government
Position: Education Program Consultant (Title II, Part A)
You can find the job on the Das.iowa.gov/state-employment website
Job Description address is:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iowa?location[0]=state%20of%20iowa%20-%20remote&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending
Job Position is described as “Remote Employment Flexible/Hybrid.”
Here are some remote government positions for Omaha, Nebraska, as of October 20, 2024.
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Informational Interview contact name sources: Authors/Content Creators
What are Informational Interviews?
Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.
An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.
This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.
We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.
For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Authors/Content Creators.
Career Content in a profession.
Sometimes when you are trying to find information on a particular profession; you may find content in that profession.
Content could be in different forms, like an article, book, YouTube video, or podcast. You may find a content creator creates an excellent piece of content in a particular profession you are interested in. You may find it valuable to contact that content creator for an informational interview.
You may find the contact creator contact information in a variety of different places, including:
- The Content piece itself may have contact information on how to contact the content creator
- LinkedIn may offer contact information for the content creator
- Other forms of Social Media may offer contact information for the content creator
Authors/Content Creators may be another source for informational interviews.
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This month, we will investigate the remote employment options at various government agencies in Omaha, Nebraska. We will look at some common Government Agencies in Omaha, Nebraska–and see what remote opportunities (if any) these government opportunities may have.
The government system in the United States often exists at three different levels: federal, state, and local levels of government. So, we will look at the three levels of government for remote opportunities for Omaha, NE.
Plan to give three posts for each three levels of governments
Describing the remote resources for the government in Omaha, NE
Future posts for the month of October may describe remote jobs found using the government resources focused on Omaha, Nebraska.
Jobs described here likely would require United States citizenship or similar programs to employment. Check with the specific job for specific details. Jobs resources listed here likely will not have a international focus.
Descriptions of website based upon a laptop computer screen,
Computer screens from mobile devices may be different.
The third positing
We will look at local governments of Nebraska and Iowa.
Local Government Employment for Remote Opportunities
Local Government
Different places in the United States may organize Local Government differently.
Omaha, Nebraska organizes local government at both the county and city levels. So, to find remote job positions need to look at both county and city governments.
Let’s start off with the county level
Douglas County
To find jobs at the Douglas County level you can:
Type in https://hr.douglascounty-ne.gov/employment
Select the option “CURRENT JOB POSTINGS”
Filter Option
I selected “filter” options on the right side of the screen
You then get a menu of options; I then selected by street location; did not see any remote selection.
When I did a “remote” keyword search, did not find any results.
With the week of October 6 -12 – did not find positions.
Sarpy County
We look at remote positions for Sarpy County
Type in https://www.sarpy.gov/ to go to the Sarpy County website
Click on “Apply for a Job Link”
The under a paragraph called “Application Process”
The paragraph towards the top part of the page, the paragraph mentions select the link of “NE Gov Job Opportunities Listing Site”
You will get a message that you are leaving the Sarpy.gov website and going to the website listed below:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sarpycountyne
Filter Features
I use the filter feature and then select Location
I got a list of street addresses. I did not see a “remote” choice
Search for “remote”
Found no job positions when I typed in “remote”
Pottawattamie County
https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/
Click the link “Find Jobs”
You get a list of job positions; did not appear from the list of job positions saw any remote positions.
Cities
We look at three city governments at Omaha, Nebraska.
We look at three city governments are
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Bellevue, Nebraska
- Council Bluffs, Iowa
Omaha Nebraska
Type in https://www.cityofomaha.org/ to go to the Omaha City Government
Click the link “Employment” to find jobs for the Omaha City Government
Then click “Potential Employee”
Had a listing of job positions; did not see any remote positions
Bellevue, Nebraska
To find Bellevue, Nebraska job positions
Go to Bellevue City Government at
https://bellevue.net/home
Then click “Employment Opportunities” link
Had listing of job positions; saw nothing related to remote jobs.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
To look at Council Bluffs, IA city government
Go to https://www.councilbluffs-ia.gov/ to go to the City of Council Bluffs, IA
Then click “Employment” to see the employment job positions
You get a list of job positions
Did not appear to be any position that is remote.
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This month, we will investigate the remote employment options at various government agencies in Omaha, Nebraska. We will look at some common Government Agencies in Omaha, Nebraska–and see what remote opportunities (if any) these government opportunities may have.
The government system in the United States often exists at three different levels: federal, state, and local levels of government. So, we will look at the three levels of government for remote opportunities for Omaha, NE.
Plan to give three posts for each three levels of governments
Describing the remote resources for the government in Omaha, NE
Future posts for the month of October may describe remote jobs found using the government resources focused on Omaha, Nebraska.
Jobs described here likely would require United States citizenship or similar programs to employment. Check with the specific job for specific details. Jobs resources listed here likely will not have a international focus.
Descriptions of website based upon a laptop computer screen,
Computer screens from mobile devices may be different.
The second positing
We will look at two state governments of Nebraska and Iowa.
State Employment for Remote Opportunities
Look at Nebraska and Iowa State Governments
State Level
You can also see if you can find remote jobs for Nebraska State and Nebraska State
Nebraska State Government
https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/
Click the option called “Apply Today” a blue box in the center of the computer screen
Search Screen
You will then get a search screen to search for job positions
In the Location Box listed different categories (organized by geography) one option was listed, called “Telecommuting Employee” there were two jobs listed; jobs appeared to be inspecting places – and the jobs require travel.
Keyword search for “remote” in keyword box
Get 22 job positions listed (when did search October 9, 2023); when I looked at the job positions–most job positions appeared to list a city of where the job was located; so the jobs may not be remote.
Could not find remote job categories
What I found for the week of October 6–October 12th
The job descriptions I saw I did not really find a remote job.
Iowa State
Looked for remote job positions for Iowa State government jobs
Type in https://das.iowa.gov/state-employment
You get to the “Iowa Department of Administrative Services”
“State Employment” page
Scroll down the page and select “Job openings for all applicants” link. Jobs for the general public.
Search screen page
You then get a search screen page–
When I looked at the Location search box,
You got a menu of different options, but I saw a choice called
“State Of Iowa – Remote”
There were 3 positions listed.
Keyword Search
You can do a keyword search for the word “remote”
You may some job positions; some of the job descriptions may be remote (look at the specific job descriptions for specific details)
For the week of October 6–October 12th
Did find remote job positions from Iowa State Government jobs.
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