Agency On-The-Spot Hiring Programs
Agency On-The-Spot Hiring Program Revised
Below is a link to President Obama's Executive Order (EO) that officially sunsets the FCIP program and SCEP/STEP programs effective March 1, 2011. The EO announces the new Pathways student hiring program. The OPM Pathways Programs contain an Internship Program, a Recent Graduates Program and will also include the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program. The Internship Program will replace the existing Student Career Experience Program which has been abolished. Also you will notice that the current STEP program is being replaced as well. Office of Personnel Management will be developing regulations and guidance for this new program in accordance with the EO.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/12/27/executive-order-recruiting-and-hiring-students-and-recent-graduates
In light of these new developments, the Agency On-the-Spot Hiring Program has been revised for the SRM Annual Meetings in Spokane, WA, January 29 - February 3, 2012. Several agencies plan to be onsite at the Rangeland JOBFAIR on Sunday, January 29, 2012, and may be recruiting for available positions.
Available positions are located on the Rangeland JOBFAIR website at: http://www.rangelands.org/jobfair.shtml.
Special Note: The Job Fair is open to all members and non-members.
Job Seekers: The 2012 Annual Meeting Registration is not required for participation in the Job Fair.
Several federal agencies (USFS, BLM and NRCS) have successfully coordinated On-the-Spot Hiring programs at the Society for Range Management annual meetings in past years. For example, at the SRM 60th Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, 18 Rangeland Management Specialist (RMS, GS-454) entry level vacancies were successfully filled; at the Joint Annual SRM/AFGC meetings in Louisville, Kentucky in 2008, the BLM and USFS successfully filled 17 Rangeland Management Specialist (GS-454) entry level vacancies; at the 62nd Annual Meetings in Albuquerque, NM in 2009 over 40 positions were filled; and in 2010 in Denver, Colorado, over 20 entry-level positions were successfully filled. Several agencies are very interested in pursuing this opportunity again using the new Hiring Authorities at the SRM Annual Meeting in Spokane, February 2012.Who to ContactFor preliminary agency-specific information please contact Linda Coates-Markle, BLM, Washington Office - 200, Annette Joseph, USFS Range Program Manager, WO, Dennis W. Thompson, USDA - NRCS National Range and Grazing Lands Ecologist.
Hotlinks to Documents of Interest
- Making the First 10 Minutes of an Interview Count (pdf)
- Information for Applying for Federal Jobs (pdf)
- BLM Comparison Fact Sheet (pdf)
- BLM Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) (pdf)
- Resume Tips, presented by USAJOBS, the official job site of the US Federal Government. It's your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.
- The following position descriptions represent generic versions and are generally representative of the kind of duties performed under these job series. It should be noted that local variations will exist within all job descriptions.
- USFS Student Employment Information
- USFS General Career Overview Information
- Careers with the BLM
- Current vacancies throughout the BLM can be found at: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/a9blm.asp