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Searching for Federal Jobs Through the Office of
Personnel Management USAJOBS Site
In order to search for job openings within the Environmental Protection Agency in Las Vegas, and the Federal Government in general, you must access the Office of Personnel Management's USAJOBS information service, a centralized database of employment opportunities.
This service offers information through the World Wide Web, by Telephone, by Fax, by the Federal Job Opportunities Bulletin Board System, and by Federal Job Information Kiosks. The USAJOBS database offers information about a wide variety of Federal employment-related topics and programs, current job openings (updated nightly), as well as providing application packages and downloadable forms.
When searching for specific jobs in your field, you must first know the Standard Occupational Series Code in order to properly use the search mechanism. The Series Codes are the most direct way to find jobs in a particular field because they do not vary from Federal Agency or Department, but are standards for all Federal jobs. Although some series codes are listed as three digit numbers, the search mechanism will reject the code unless it is placed in a four digit format. For example, if the series code for your profession is "334", you need to enter "0334" as the correct series code. To search for environmentally specific jobs by their series codes, please refer to the EPA and Environmental Standard Occupational Series Code page. Find the job title in which you are interested, make a note of its series code, access the USAJOBS database, and begin your search.
USAJOBS Web site
The Office of Personnel Management's WWW site, http://www.usajobs.opm.gov 
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provides access to the Federal Jobs Data Base of worldwide opportunities.
It offers full text job announcements; answers to frequently asked Federal
employment questions via delivery of Employment Info Line fact sheets;
and access to electronic and hard copy application forms.
Career America Connection via Telephone
The Career America Connection is a telephone-based system that provides current worldwide Federal job opportunities, salary and employee benefits information, special recruitment messages and more. It is accessible at this phone number: (912) 757-3000, and is TDD accessible at (912) 744-2299. You can also record your request to have application packages, forms, and other employment related literature mailed or faxed to you. Please request Federal Employment Info Line factsheet EI-42, "Federal Employment Information Sources," for a complete listing of local telephone numbers to this nationwide network.
FedFax Information and Forms Retrieval
By using a touch-tone telephone or fax machine, you may select from a variety of employment-related topics and forms you wish to have faxed to you. FedFax does not contain vacancy announcements or job listings. FedFax allows for the retrieval of hardcopy information at any fax machine in the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is available at the following numbers: Atlanta (404) 331-5267; Denver (303) 969-7764; Detroit (313) 226-2593; San Francisco (415) 744-7002; and Washington, DC (202) 606-2600.
Federal Job Opportunities Bulletin Board System (FJOB)
The Federal Job Opportunities Bulletin Board System, (FJOB), at (912) 757-3100, is a computer-based bulletin board system that provides current worldwide Federal job opportunities, salaries and pay rates, general and specific employment information, and more. You must have a personal computer with a modem to access this system. Many of the jobs announced on the FJOB have complete text announcements attached which can be downloaded or viewed on-line, or you may leave your name and address to have application packages and forms mailed to you. You may also contact the BBS through the Internet via Telnet fjob.opm.gov or File Transfer Protocol ftp.fjob.opm.gov. Information about obtaining Federal job announcement files via Internet mail should be directed to: info@fjob.opm.gov.