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• In order to narrow your search to your desired occupation, you should choose one of the occupations listed in the pop-up box or enter the governments 4-digit number to identify jobs by occupation. 
• It's safest to choose from the occupation codes scrolling window rather than type in a job series. Then you don't need to worry about typos. Remember, typos in your search choices can dramatically impact the results of your search!  When scrolling through the list of job types, you may find that you are interested in several job types that begin with the same numbers (for instance, 0511 - Auditing, 0525 - Accounting Technician, 0560 - Budget Analysis). In this case, you may want to try the Intermediate search which allows you to enter up to six occupational series.
• Or, you can select an OCCUPATIONAL GROUP (such as 0500 - Accounting &  Budget) to search for all available jobs in that group rather than searching separately.
• To clear an entry from the scrolling job type window, choose the top item in the scrolling list, or click on the clear button near the bottom of the page.
• NOTE:  If you want to view all jobs in a particular state or a particular pay level, please leave the occupation blank.

• You MAY select up to six a federal job series OR job types in order to perform a search.
• The government uses 4-digit numbers to identify jobs by occupation. When scrolling through the list of job types, you may find that you are interested in several job types that begin with the same numbers (for instance, 0511 - Auditing, 0525 - Accounting Technician, 0560 - Budget Analysis). In this case, you may want to select an occupational GROUP (such as 0500 - Accounting &  Budget) to search for all available jobs in that group rather than run individual searches on each of the job titles separately.
• To clear an entry from the scrolling job type window, choose the top item in the scrolling list, or click on the clear button near the bottom of the page.
• NOTE:  If you want to view all jobs in a particular state or a particular pay level, please leave the occupation blank.

View Pay Scale 

• In this area, you will be entering your desired annual salary range based on your education & experience.  
• If you leave grade range and annual salary blank, you will see ALL pay levels.
• See the chart below to help figure out the correct salary range based on your education.

• If you are familiar with the General Schedule Pay Scale, enter your desired pay grade range.
• If you are not familiar with the GS Pay Scale, enter a desired annual salary range instead.
• If you wish to search for a Senior Executive Service or Wage Grade position, enter a desired annual salary range instead of a pay grade range.
• Only enter one OR the other. If you fill out both the pay grade range and the annual salary range fields, the search engine will not execute. An error message will be displayed so that you may correct your search request and search again.
• If you leave grade range and annual salary blank, you will see ALL pay levels.
• See the chart below to help figure out the correct salary range based on your education.

• Select a state, region or country from the scroll box.  If you wish to search by more than one location or region, you can do this in the intermediate search.
• If you wish to narrow your search to a certain region of the country or perhaps just see Overseas jobs, choose the desired location from the scrolling Region/State field. 
• NOTE: If you leave these fields blank, you will see ALL jobs nationwide and overseas.

• Enter up to three 2-character state codes (i.e., Virginia = VA) if you want to narrow your search to just a single state.
• Regions of the country are identified by special codes. If you wish to narrow your search to a certain region of the country or perhaps just see Overseas jobs, choose the desired location from the scrolling Region/State field. On subsequent searches you will be familiar with this code and may simply enter it into the region or state location code box if desired.
• You can also search by select countries.  For example, the code GE stands for Germany.
• NOTE: If you leave these fields blank, you will see ALL jobs nationwide and overseas.

• You can limit your search to a particular agency by choosing an agency from this scroll box.  For example, if you want to see jobs that are within the Department of Army, you would choose the Army code from this box. If you leave these fields blank, you will see jobs from ALL agencies.
• NOTE: If you want to see all Army jobs, regardless of series, pay or location, you would simply choose Army from the scroll down list and leave all other search criteria blank.

• You can limit your search to from one to four agencies by entering in the agency code and choosing an agency from the scroll box.  For example, if you want to see all jobs that are within the Department of Army and Department of Navy, you would enter AR for Army and NV for Navy. If you leave these fields blank, you will see jobs from ALL agencies.
• NOTE: If you want to see all Army jobs, regardless of series, pay or location, you would simply choose Army from the scroll down list or enter the AR code and leave all other search criteria blank.

• If you've never worked for the federal government before you will NOT want to include jobs restricted to current/former federal employees in your search.
• In order to apply for these restricted positions, you must be a current federal employee or a former federal employee with reinstatement eligibility or have eligibility under a special hiring program such as veterans and handicapped programs.

• If you've never worked for the federal government before you will NOT want to include jobs restricted to current/former federal employees in your search.
• In order to apply for these restricted positions, you must be a current federal employee or a former federal employee with reinstatement eligibility or have eligibility under a special hiring program such as veterans and handicapped programs.

• Certain non-federal jobs are included in the FedJobs database. If you do NOT want these jobs to be included in your search results, answer NO to this question.
• The non-federal jobs found in FedJobs include positions in non-profit and international organizations as well as federally-related private sector openings. Such openings are carried because of their similarity to federal positions or because the hiring office has specifically requested exposure to applicants who are interested in federally-related employment.
• If you leave this item set to YES, you will see any non-federal opportunities that are related to the job type, pay level and location you specify.

• Certain non-federal jobs are included in the FedJobs database. If you do NOT want these jobs to be included in your search results, answer NO to this question.
• The non-federal jobs found in FedJobs include positions in non-profit and international organizations as well as federally-related private sector openings. Such openings are carried because of their similarity to federal positions or because the hiring office has specifically requested exposure to applicants who are interested in federally-related employment.
• If you leave this item set to YES, you will see any non-federal opportunities that are related to the job type, pay level and location you specify.

• For those of you who search on a regular basis, this search will limit jobs to either NEW; Since One Day, Sine One Week and Since One Week.  Or you can leave the default selection and view All Jobs:
• Note: Since we don't update our database on the weekends or holidays, you shouldn't enter the New or Since One Day criteria or you may find "No Matches".

• For those of you who search on a regular basis, this search will limit jobs to either NEW; Since One Day, Sine One Week and Since One Week.  Or you can leave the default selection and view All Jobs:
• Note: Since we don't update our database on the weekends or holidays, you shouldn't enter the New or Since One Day criteria or you may find "No Matches".