January 30, 2004
OPM and DoD: USAJOBS Web Site Tapped for
Promoting Critical Vacancies for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction
Efforts
Director
Kay Coles James Announces Efforts to Advance Bush Administration
Recruiting Public Servants through DoD Collaboration
OPM
to send targeted emails to 136,000 interested, registered
USAJOBS users
Washington, DC
– The powerful OPM USAJOBS web site has been
tapped to assist with efforts to recruit Americans interested
in serving their Nation in reconstruction efforts in Iraq
and Afghanistan. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Director Kay Coles James announced today that OPM has entered
into a collaboration with the Department of Defense through
their recruitment web sites, USAJOBS and SOFIA (Support our
Friends in Iraq and Afghanistan) respectively, to recruit
more Americans to serve their country as public servants in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
James said, "For Americans who have
heard the call of public service, this partnership provides
opportunities to serve their nation overseas in support of
the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan as they develop their
democracies."
The USAJOBS/SOFIA linkage, designed to leverage the recruiting
powers of both web sites to fill critical vacancies in Iraq
and Afghanistan, will become immediately active with a prominent
SOFIA link being placed on the USAJOBS web site. The USAJOBS
site has reported over 31 million users since its revamp in
August and over 3.8 million visits logged by job seekers in
the first days of 2004. The link will connect job seekers
from USAJOBS.gov to SOFIA, the DoD web site established in
2003 to hire exceptional temporary federal employees to work
for the Coalition Provisional Authority to assist in the rebuilding
of the two developing nations.
"The pool of applicants and job seekers
continues to swell at the USAJOBS web site," said James.
"The linkage of USAJOBS and SOFIA is a tremendous resource
for promoting important federal hiring needs since USAJOBS.gov
is so popular with job seekers. We will continue to revise
and revamp the site based on user feedback on potential improvement."
Job skills being sought through the partnership are numerous,
running the gamut from civil engineering, banking, agriculture,
education, communications and security.
Individuals will be hired by the department
through the U.S. Army, which is the executive agent, for a
12-month period with the option to extend. Applicants do not
have to be current or past federal employees.
Prospective applicants must be willing
to live under field conditions. Foreign language aptitude
and prior military experience are helpful, but are not required.
For more information on these and other federal employment
opportunities, go to www.USAJOBS.opm.gov.
The web site will be active Monday.
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