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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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 first positing
We will start at the federal government level.
Federal Employment for Remote Opportunities
Website: https://www.usajobs.gov/
Usajobs.gov is a federal government website that lists remote federal government job positions,
Here is one way to find the job positions
Usajobs.gov lists two type of Remote Job positions
1) Remote
Remote–Usajobs.gov classified “Remote” jobs as 100% full remote job positions without a geographic restriction.
You find remote job positions by
Type in www.usajobs.gov
You will come to the usajobs.gov website.
To find remote jobs,
Type “remote” in the Location box in the upper part of the computer screen
Click the “Search” box to the right of the Search Box
You will then get a listing of remote federal government job positions.
Hiring Path
You will probably want to add a filter to your list of remote job positions called the Hiring Path “Open to the Public:” filter.
The federal government has some jobs reserved for people who meet specific features. For example, the federal government reserves some jobs for veterans. You need to be a United States veteran to qualify for the federal job.
The federal government has different categories based upon features a person may have called Hiring Paths. You can find a description of the different Hiring Paths categories in the link below.
https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/search/filters/hiring-path
The screen is called “How to filter results by hiring path”
Hiring Path will have symbols. The federal government job position descriptions will also have symbols. You can match the symbol in the federal government job description to the hiring paths may be qualified for. For example, the “Open to the Public” hiring path has a symbol; it may be the only hiring path you qualify for.
You would then want to look at only federal government job positions that have the “Open to the Public” hiring path symbol in the federal government job description. The “Open to the Public” hiring path symbols means you would be qualified for that position.
I found 85 remote jobs listed with the “Open to the Public” for the week of October 6th–October 12th.
People may have features that qualify them for more than one Hiring Path; the more Hiring Paths you may be qualified for; the more federal government opportunities you may find.
Open to the Public Hiring Path
I am going to show you how to access the Open to the Public Hiring Path.
Once you have a list of remote job positions listed, you can use filters to filter down the job positions you might be qualified for.
The “filter’ features are on the right side of the screen.
You can see the filter “Hiring Path” filter on the right side of the screen.
You will see a Plus Mark next to the “Hiring Path” filter
Select the Plus Sign
You will then expand the Hiring Path filter
You will see the “Open to the Public” filter on top of the list
Click the box next to the “Open to the Public” filter
You will then filter down your list of remote job positions open to the public.
2) Telework
Usajobs.gov also has another type of remote jobs called “telework”.
Telework jobs are your hybrid jobs–you may work remotely for a time; but other times you may report to a work office location.
Often, telework jobs have a geographic requirement to the job position.
Way to find Telework jobs are:
Type in www.usajobs.gov in your browser
You get the Usajobs.gov website
Type “Omaha, NE” in the location box
Click the “Search” box to the right of the Search Box
You will then (hopefully) get a listing of job positions.
The job list will also show remote job positions you saw in the previous section.
To filter job list to remote jobs for Telework
Click the “Location” filter on the right side of the computer screen
You can can select “Offers telework” by clicking the box next to “Offers telework”. You will then get a list of job positions that offer telework.
You may also want to add the Hiring Path “Open to the Pubic” filter for job positions open to the public.
You may also create a free account that will allow you more options to search for jobs; and allow you to save job hunting documents.
What I found for the week of October 6 – October 12th.
I found 116 job positions listed that had Omaha, NE has the geographical location, and used the Telework and Hiring Path “Open to the Public” filters.
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Informational Interview contact name sources: Professors
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 Professors .
Professors can be a source of contact names for Informational Interviews.
You may take a course in a profession that interests you, and you may do an Informational Interview with a professor in that profession of interest.
You may learn more about a profession by talking to a professor in that profession.
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Informational Interview contact name sources: LinkedIn
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 LinkedIn.
LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) is a social media networking site that allows you to connect with other professionals.
You may find contact names on LinkedIn for informational interviews.
You need to login and create an account (a profile) to use the LinkedIn resources.
There is a search box in the left corner of the screen. In it, you can search for a profession for which you want to find contact names.
It would help if you typed in a profession of interest in the Search Screen Box in the Left Corner of the Screen (This post gives the viewpoint from a laptop computer screen; a mobile device looking at LinkedIn may have different views than what may appear on a laptop computer screen.)
You will (hopefully) get a result of a variety of information.
If you want to contact people, you will have options on the left side of the screen to narrow your search to people.
Select “people.”
Hopefully, you will see a list of people you are interested in.
How many connections you already have for your profile may influence your list. The more connections you have, the more people you will get.
LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn Provides groups that are another way to find contact names.
LinkedIn Groups are groups of people who gather on LinkedIn around a specific area; many of these particular areas are professions.
You can use the search box in the left-hand corner to search for the profession you are interested in.
You will (hopefully) get information from your search.
You will then get (hopefully) a choice on the left side of the screen called “groups”.
Select groups, and you will (hopefully) get a list of groups based on the profession of interest.
When you select a group, you can get a list of members of that LinkedIn Group. You can (hopefully) select a LinkedIn group based on a particular profession; you will also likely get a list of LinkedIn contacts of people in that profession or those interested in that profession. People who may be an excellent source for information interview contacts.
Connections–way to contact
You may face limitations in communicating with a LinkedIn contact who does not have a connection with you. It may prove helpful to be connected to the person you want to do an informational interview with.
You can ask the contact if they would connect with you.
In the request to connect, you may leave a personal message.
I recommend writing a personal message; you may also include in the message that you would like to request an informational interview.
You may increase the likelihood of your contact connecting with you if you mention something that you have in common between you and the contact. Some examples of something in common could be that you and your contact are members of the same college or university alumni, the same LinkedIn group, or the members who live in the same geographical area.
After the contact connects with you, you can send a message asking for an informational interview or ask the connection for one.
LinkedIn may be an effective source for finding contact names for informational interviews.
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The results are in:
To the question, “What Is Your Favorite Job?”
- From Internet Resources – We did not have any response from Internet resources.
- From Personal Resources – the people I talked to offered no opinion on the question.
- My Opinion – so, I will offer my opinion that my favorite remote job is the trainer or facilitator area
Thanks to everyone for reading the question.
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Prior Posts Question
From prior posts, we asked people their thoughts on the following question:
- What benefits can you have with Remote Work?
Results are in:
We now have the results in
We did not get any responses from electronic sources, so I used sources from people I met face-to-face.
From those sources, the top winner from the question is:
- Not having to travel back and forth from work.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
Now, for this next week, here is another question.
- What Is your favorite remote job?
- Or, if you do not have a remote career experience, what would you think would be your favorite remote job?
Let me know your thoughts on the question above; write to the following e-mail and give me your thoughts.
E-mail at: helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com
And we will look at the results next week.
Thanks, everyone; take care.
Mike Searson
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For those in the United States.
Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone.
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This week, we continue to receive responses on what benefits you enjoy with remote work. I will then share the responses next week.
Send commments to:
- helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com
I have been sick for the last few weeks, which is why you have not seen my posts. I am feeling better now and plan to start posting again.
Have a good week, everyone; take care.
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This week- we have a short post–busy with other things in life currently–so doing a trivia question?
What makes you interested in remote work?
Let’s look at some benefits of remote work.
Let’s ask a trivia question:
What are some benefits to remote work?
a) Do not have to travel back and forth from work
b) Able to live where you want
c) Able to travel where you want
d) Other (mention your own benefit)
This post also duplicated on the YouTube Channel called–Live Your Life Learning. (https://www.youtube.com/@liveyourlifelearning1553–leave a comment on what benefits you like a remote work; and then I will share the results next week.
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