Jeff Martin ⋅ Ashburn, VA The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ⋅ 25 years experience

I’d suggest that you network at the agency. Use LinkedIn to find people already working there and reach out to them. Ask them the process they used to get hired and ask them to help you navigate the hiring process and if they are willing, ask them to submit you as a referral. These activities require much more time on your part but in my opinion would greatly increase your chances for success. Good luck!

Frank McGrath ⋅ Crawfordville, FL U.S. Army, Captain ⋅ 5 years served

https://www.vetjobs.com/register-for-live-training
"Federal Resume & Application Process For Veterans and Service Members"

Lex Levin ⋅ Northborough, MA Lex Levin, LLC ⋅ 13 years experience

Hi Alphonso,

Happy to help you. I'm a full-time professional resume writer and a former Fed specializing for the last 13 years in working with Active Duty and Reserve Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses transitioning to Federal or private sector work. I can guide you through the process of creating a Federal resume, learning to use USAJOBS, and figuring out which Federal job series and grades are the best fit for you.

You can best get in touch with me through my website contact page: https://lexlevinllc.com/contact/.

Just answer a few questions about your goals, upload your current resume, and I'll review and advise (for free, of course).

Lex

Richard Byrne ⋅ Hillsborough, NJ Intel Corporation ⋅ 53 years experience

"Find a federal government job" :
https://www.usa.gov/government-jobs

I've added job search links to my EE webpage:
http://eehot.com/ee.html#jobs

I did a search for Tower Forman at your location and found:
Crew Lead - Telecom Tower Foreman- job post
Platinum Communications, Inc. $85,000 - $115,000 a year - Full-time
among this example civilian job search's results :
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=tower%20foreman&l=Tampa%2C%20FL&vjk=ce1939c402a1a369&advn=3149505778690566

Another search:
https://www.indeed.com/q-tractor-trailer-operator-$100,000-jobs.html?vjk=6714253ca0ca7776

To find your "dream career" examine:
National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey by occupation:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm

Example local government jobs search:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs?keyword=Tower+foreman&location=Tampa%2C+FL

Example federal government search:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?l=Tampa%2C%20Florida&k=driver&p=1

If you want to add some skills for your dream career, there are some links to online programs at:
http://eehot.com/ee.html#training
http://eehot.com/ee.html#schools

Sophia Zuniga ⋅ New York, NY American Corporate Partners ⋅ 1 years experience

Hi Alphonso,

Thank you for reaching out. Here is a link to a resource on how to write a Federal resume: https://gogovernment.org/writing-your-federal-resume/

If you are looking to get into more local government work, I would check out this Fellowship program: https://www.fusecorps.org/program/. This is a one to two year full-time public service role in city or county government.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Sophia