This tutorial will show you how to find federal job opportunity announcements using the improved Advanced Search functionality of USAJOBS.
From the USAJOBS main screen, click on the “Advanced Search”link.
From the Advanced Search screen you are able to select search criteria from several different fields. Searches can be as broad or refined as you would like.
The most widely used search criteria are shown at the top of this page.
To run an Advanced Search, you must enter at least one of the following:
•Keyword
•Title
•Location
•Occupational series
•Agency
Once you have entered specific search criteria, click on the “Search Jobs” button. Current job opportunity announcements matching your criteria will then display.
Keyword Search –Analyst
After clicking “Search Jobs,” several results display.
Once on the Search Results page, you will be able to browse through all current job opportunity announcements containing the keyword “analyst.”
You will also have the option to Refine Your Results to view “Jobs for U.S. Citizens” or “Jobs for Federal Employees.”
Under “You Added,” you will see the specific search criteria entered on the Advanced Search page, with the options to “Remove” or “Clear all and start new search.”
Your search results can be viewed according to each of the categories on the left side of the page. For example, selecting “Agency” will display how many agencies have announcements containing “Analyst” and the number of announcements within those agencies containing “Analyst.”
To refine your search results, you can click on any of the refiner options or return to the Advanced Search page and enter additional, more specific search criteria.
This example shows an Advanced Search of the following search criteria:
•Keyword Search –Analyst
After clicking “Search Jobs,” several results display
Within the Location Search, you can choose a world region or search the US for a state and select either all or some cities/locales within that state. You may also choose to select All United States. Simply press the “Add”button to add any locale that you have highlighted. This process may be repeated for as many states/locales that you wish to add to your search.
Within the Agency Search, you can choose an Agency and then select any sub agencies. Like Location Search, press the “Add” button to add any agency and sub agency that you have highlighted. This process may be repeated for as many agencies/sub agencies that you wish to add to your search.
The Occupational Series field allows you to scroll through the list of all occupational series and select multiple series to be included in your search.
Within the Applicant Eligibility section, there are several programs identified to which you may be associated. Links to descriptions of these programs are provided.
You can designate to confine your search only to:
•Senior Executive Service positions
•Exclude positions older than 30 days
You can also indicate the
•Type of Work
•Work Schedule
•Order to sort your results by
•Refine the search by posting date
Select the blue question marks for an explanation of each search field.
Once you have entered any additional search criteria, click “Search Jobs” to view more specific search results.
The above example shows the following search criteria being entered:
•Keyword Search -Analyst
•Location Search -All United States
•Agency Search –All Department of Defense
•Type of Work –Permanent
You will now see a more refined list of search results.
To the right of the Job title there is a link to a “Quick View” of the job opportunity announcement, which is a condensed version of the job opportunity announcement.
Clicking on the “More Like This” link will display job opportunity announcements with similar titles and grade levels.
To view the entire job announcement, click on the highlighted and underlined job title on the Search Results page
The complete job opportunity announcement will then display.
You can either scroll through the entire announcement, click on the tabs at the top of the screen, or use the dropdown to view a specific area of the announcement
From the job opportunity announcement, you are able to do the following:
•Apply Online
•Print Preview
•Save Job
•Share Job
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