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Jewel Smith Norfolk, VA

Where are all the entry level investigators job hidden

9 April 2019 4 replies Career Exploration

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Advisor

Scott Gagnon Winthrop, MA

Jewel, My employer - Navisite - runs and manages a jobs resource and board for veterans like you. They have postings and resources all across the US. Look here:

https://www.veteransjobexchange.com/

Thank you for your service.

Advisor

Sam Hoffman Roslyn Heights, NY

ACS is hiring caseworkers, that's an excellent entry point into an investigative career.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/about/work/yds.page?utm_source=google

Advisor

Deb Miller Bardstown, KY

Hi, check out www.usps.com - check out our careers link but also keep checking the Postal Inspector link. Our agents post jobs I believe twice a year. I apologize for not knowing exactly when. We also have researching positions in our sales and marketing teams which are also posted externally - not often but are posted at www.usps.com. Best wishes.

Advisor

Jodie Prieto-Rodriguez Pittsburgh, PA

Ms. Smith:

I used to work as an Army Officer Recruiter. We had to collect and process the security clearance for our applicants. When I was getting close to retirement I looked into the investigations career field and discovered that most of the background checks are done by military and government contractors; e.g. Booze Allen Hamilton; General Dynamics; and other agencies. Some GS positions exist; however, the position on USA jobs needs to be searched as "background investigator/investigations".

The National Background Investigations Bureau is one of the main officers and has mid level openings most of the time. Large Government agencies such as DHS, DOD, DOS, and others have their own investigators. The Navy and Army have the highest amount of DOD positions available.

If you want to be marketable as an investigator; articulate in your resume how many background clearances (SF86) investigations you have accomplished; inter agency rapport; ability to reason; ability to discern fake and actual documents; ability to conduct suitability reviews and abillity to collaborate on decentralized team and independent investigations.

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