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Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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NEWS
New Government Program Pays Off Student Loans for Borrowers Who Enter Public Service
Nextstudent.com - via The Wall Street Jounal's Marketwatch.com
Student loan borrowers who commit to a decade of public service may see the remaining balance on their student loans forigven under the government's new public-service loan forgiveness program.
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Facebook Faux Pas
Alan L. Rupe - Workforce Management Online
The worlds of human resources and high fashion are both susceptible to ill-advised fads. Parachute pants and mullet haircuts make for some mortifying high school yearbook photos, but employment fads can result in huge embarrassment and substantial liability for employers.
Here’s the latest craze: check out a prospective employee’s personal information by logging on to one of the social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace for information not usually available on a job application or at a job interview. (Set up a free account with WMO to view article)
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New Online Resources Launch this August
Coming this fall on makingthedifference.org, you can:
- Find tons of federal jobs and internships;
- Access information about events and career fairs across the country and on your campus;
- Register for workshops, webinars and online chats, such as “Federal jobs in engineering”, “Step by Step: The Federal Job Application Process” and “How to find the federal internship you really want this summer”;
- Browse profiles of young feds with cool federal jobs—find out exactly what they do and how they got there; and
- Submit questions and read the answers to your peers’ questions about the federal job world.
If you are a Facebook user, you’ll also be able to add a new application to your profile to receive customized, real-time job/internship alerts and event notices based on your preferences.
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Government Jobs Prove Steady for Recent Graduates
Gregan Wingert - University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Rebel Yell
Childhood dreams mixed with the realities of an unstable economy have lead some graduates to consider looking for employment in federal security agencies that guarantee job security. "You don't tend to see lay-offs in the government sector," said Special Agent Michael Solari of the Las Vegas branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Get Young People Involved in American Government
Mitchell B. Wallerstein - Newsday.com
Members of the Internet generation clearly played a significant role in the Democratic primary campaign, and many observers believe that they're likely to have a major impact on the upcoming general election. But we've seen this movie before.
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Use Key Words and Phrases to Satisfy Electronic Graders
Mary Ellen Slayter - The Washington Post
Nadine Boone is a federal worker who wants to change her job series from commercial loan specialist to realty specialist. Boone's resume contains little of the detail that a rating official needs, said Dennis Damp, author of "The Book of U.S. Government Jobs" and a retired manager for the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Public Service Scholarship
Bill Introduced
The Partnership for Public Service is excited to announce that Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) have introduced H.R. 6160, the Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2008 — graduate school tuition assistance in exchange for a commitment to serve our country in the federal government.
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Featured Resources
D.C. Housing Guide
It can be pretty overwhelming searching for housing while you’re trying to get situated into your summer internship or first job in Washington, D.C. To help you out a bit the Partnership for Public Service has created a list of neighborhoods, apartments, and sublets throughout the city that are popular areas for college students, recent graduates and young professionals.
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Internship Directory
This searchable directory provides information on many fellowships and internships available during the school year as well as summer programs.
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Where the Jobs Are
A new report — Where the Jobs Are: Mission Critical Opportunities for America, released by the Partnership for Public Service, outlines government-wide projected hiring needs through 2009 and is based on a survey of 34 federal agencies representing nearly 99 percent of the federal workforce. The survey finds nearly 193,000 mission critical jobs need to be filled in the next two years!
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A
Guide to the Federal Student
Loan Repayment Program and
Other Student Programs
This quick guide reviews the loan repayment program that might be available as a benefit. It also highlights some
popular programs offered by the Federal government for students in all areas
and levels of education.
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CAREER FAIR CALENDAR
University of Central Missouri
Part-Time Job Fair
Elliott Union Ballroom
August 18
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
University of Louisville
Part-Time Jobs Fair
Belknap Campus
SAC Multipurpose Rm.
August 28
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Call to Serve, a joint initiative between the Partnership for Public Service and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), is dedicated to helping you learn more about careers in the federal government. To date, more than 615 campuses and 75 federal agencies have joined together to form the Call to Serve network.