{"id":726,"date":"2012-03-19T02:12:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2021-10-27T10:26:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:26:33","slug":"the-only-3-ways-to-get-a-sweet-ass-government-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/the-only-3-ways-to-get-a-sweet-ass-government-job\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only 3 Ways to Get a Sweet-Ass Government Job"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Government<\/a>
Are you looking for a sweet-ass government job?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a job with good security, fantastic benefits, a secure retirement that can include a traditional pension, and at the same time something that provides interesting work, than you need to look into getting yourself a sweet-ass government job.\u00a0 Here are the only three ways to get one:<\/p>\n

1. Work in Some Type of Government Job Already<\/h3>\n

This is the easiest way to find a sweet-ass government job.\u00a0 This may sound like a joke, but I\u2019m only partially kidding here.\u00a0 You would be amazed at the amount of cross-hiring that occurs between city, county, state, and national governments.\u00a0 Government likes to hire people that already know government<\/a>, and that they don\u2019t need to wean from the private sector expectations or annual bonuses.\u00a0 Government hiring managers like to know that you already know how governments works, its size, its speed, the hierarchies, legislative and executive process, and what a \u201cgeneral fund\u201d is.\u00a0 Hiring managers like people like themselves, and in government, that generally means people who want to help other people, want to work mostly reasonable hours<\/a>, who want stable employment, want or need good benefits, have similar amounts of experience and education, and generally lean democratic politically.\u00a0 The joy of this fact is that if you look at getting hired in government from a strategic point of view, you could get hired by a government for a position one or two removed from what you actually want, and for an employer that may be different from the one you want.<\/p>\n

\"Government<\/a>
A strategy for getting the government job you want<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, if you want to be a project manager (red filled oval) for a city (red open circle) but are unqualified or didn\u2019t get an interview when you applied, perhaps you will try to get hired as a project coordinator (light blue fill) at a county government.\u00a0 Then, after a year or two get a job as a project manager in county government (purple filled oval).\u00a0 Now you’re completely qualified to move to a project manager in City government.\u00a0 Finally, after another year, you now apply for a job as a project manager with the city.\u00a0 This is of course a general strategy, and not applicable only to government, it just works very well with government.<\/p>\n

2. Know Someone Who Works a Government Job Now<\/h3>\n

The next easiest way to get a sweet-ass government job is to know a government employee.\u00a0 This is the position hook-up.\u00a0 You know someone in government, and can get a favor<\/a>.\u00a0 Now this isn\u2019t just for the sons and daughters of the big political donors (though that certainly doesn\u2019t hurt).\u00a0 This is also for those who may have worked on a winning politician\u2019s campaign.\u00a0 Lacking a direct favor position, you\u2019ll need to take a softer approach.\u00a0 The internal reference works everywhere, and government is no different.\u00a0 Given the vast array of rules around government hiring to insure equality in the hiring process, you need to be careful how you go about asking for you references.\u00a0 Some governments will exclude applicants if the human resources department, while others simply go and hire the boss\u2019s niece.\u00a0 However, the good word to the hiring manager about an existing applicant is always a plus, and really can\u2019t hurt you.\u00a0 So look up your classmates, relatives, prior coworkers, friends and whomever else is in your professional network, and ask if they can give you a soft reference or at least a good word.<\/p>\n

\"Government<\/a>
How does your government jobs report card look?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Have the Right Skills Appropriately Showcased For a Government Job<\/h3>\n

The most common way to get a sweet-ass government job, is simply to have the right set of skills that the particular position requires.\u00a0 Most people just go on the internet and look at the jobs available and apply for those.\u00a0 Most people don\u2019t get jobs.\u00a0 At the very least you need to write a new resume for each position applied for, specifically targeted to both the position and government.\u00a0 Go through each listed requirement and make sure that it is address in your resume or cover letter, either by valuable experience in your past or minimizing your lack of that requirement by a similar skill or experience.\u00a0 When you\u2019re writing your resume and cover letter, make sure that you\u2019re writing in a way that makes the hiring manager comfortable.\u00a0 This means using the word familiar to government employees.\u00a0 Knowing how governments are funded<\/a>.\u00a0 If you use the same lingo as government employees, they\u2019ll know that you don\u2019t need to be entirely re-trained from your private sector past.<\/p>\n

The trick with getting a government job is knowing what jobs are coming.\u00a0 Each year or two (biennium), governments create their budgets.\u00a0 In these budgets, they list in excruciating detail everything that has been given money in the budget, and how much.\u00a0 Included in this is a list of capital projects.\u00a0 These projects often require specialized skills, and often mark the future direction of the government.\u00a0 For example, if a government has appropriated money for a new SAS system, you can be pretty sure that they will need consulting experts to create the RFP to design the system, consultants to actually build the system, and ongoing personnel to run and support the system.\u00a0 Generally new capital projects for a government don\u2019t have any existing personnel that have expertise in that area, so with a little forethought, you can position yourself as the expert and get a related position before they actually need to fill the position you\u2019ve been researching.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, a sweet-ass government job can be yours if:<\/p>\n

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  1. you already have a government job,<\/li>\n
  2. you know someone in government, or<\/li>\n
  3. you intelligently position yourself with the correct skills for your sweet-ass government job.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Readers, have you ever had a government job?\u00a0 Are you looking for a job with great benefits and reasonable pay?\u00a0 What are you experiences with applying for government jobs?\u00a0 I’d appreciate it if you shared this article!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There are only three real ways to get a sweet-ass government job (you know, with benefits, retirement, and more). Here’s what to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84,85,20,87,86],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3640,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/3640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}