This is a one-stop resource for those interested in working for the Postal Service. This edition covers all occupations including: professional, postal inspectors, administrative, mail carrier, maintenance, and clerical. The U. S. Postal Service (USPS) employs 860,000 workers and they hire approximately 40,000 postal workers each year to backfill for retirements and transfers. "Post Office Jobs" presents eight steps to successfully landing a job and helps job seekers to : identify all job openings; match skills to postal job classifications; locate postal exam schedules for your area; improve exam scores; complete job applications and resumes; prepare and practice for job interviews; apply for jobs that don't require exams; and, explore viable civil service job options.This new edition includes Postal District contact information, on-line connections, new pay scales and toll free postal service employment hotlines and websites. It also features new chapters on viable civil service job options and Postal Inspector positions.
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"After reading your book and taking the postal exam, I am working as a part-time flexible mail carrier. Thanks." -- A.P. Lancing, MI.
"This book provides information on when and where to take exams, and deal with applications, resumes, and interviews...Recommended." -- Library Journal, 1st edition review
"This book provides information on when and where to take exams, and deal with applications, resumes, and interviews...Recommended." -- Library Journal, 1st edition review
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Dennis V. Damp, the author of "The Book of US Government Jobs," a Benjamin Franklin Silver Awards winner for "Best Career Title" in 2001 writes from first hand experience - he spent 34+ years working for Uncle Sam. Damp is the author of 17 books including Post Office Jobs, Health Care Job Explosion, and Take Charge of Your Federal Career. Damp's books are recommended by Library Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and hundreds of other magazines and newspapers. Damp is the web master for Federaljobs.net with over 1 million hits per month and he has appeared on hundreds of national radio talk shows.
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Dennis Damp is an expert in employment practices and career guidance for the federal and health care sectors. Damp also writes a federal employees' retirement column and he is the author of 23 books ranging from federal employment and healthcare to finance.
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The U.S. postal Service (USPS) employs over 860,000 workers in 300 job categories for positions at 39,000 post offices, branches, stations, and community post offices throughout the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
darken the matching circles, many entrance exams, sample exam that follows, sample answer sheet, considered unsuitable for employment, postal employment, urinalysis drug screen, decision concerning employment, postal exam, job vacancy announcements, mail processors, typewritten characters, distribution clerks, announcement number, hiring list, veteran preference, selecting official, window clerks, maintenance positions, job announcements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Examine Sample, Occupation Code, Postal Inspection Service, Postal Inspector, Bottom Drawer, Top Drawer, Distribution Clerk, Admission Card, Battery Test, Occupation Directory, New York, Mail Processor, Crowbars Middle Drawer, Electronics Technician, General Mechanic, Norman Hall's Postal Exam Preparation Book, Sample Answer Grid, Vacuum Bags Middle Drawer, Building Equipment Mechanic, Carver Blvd, Department of Labor, Elevator Mechanic, Falcon Ridge, Lead Office New!
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The U.S. postal Service (USPS) employs over 860,000 workers in 300 job categories for positions at 39,000 post offices, branches, stations, and community post offices throughout the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
darken the matching circles, many entrance exams, sample exam that follows, sample answer sheet, considered unsuitable for employment, postal employment, urinalysis drug screen, decision concerning employment, postal exam, job vacancy announcements, mail processors, typewritten characters, distribution clerks, announcement number, hiring list, veteran preference, selecting official, window clerks, maintenance positions, job announcements Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Examine Sample, Occupation Code, Postal Inspection Service, Postal Inspector, Bottom Drawer, Top Drawer, Distribution Clerk, Admission Card, Battery Test, Occupation Directory, New York, Mail Processor, Crowbars Middle Drawer, Electronics Technician, General Mechanic, Norman Hall's Postal Exam Preparation Book, Sample Answer Grid, Vacuum Bags Middle Drawer, Building Equipment Mechanic, Carver Blvd, Department of Labor, Elevator Mechanic, Falcon Ridge, Lead Office New!
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- Norman Hall's Postal Exam Preparation Book by Norman Hall on 6 pages
- Social Security Legislation: V. 4 by Nick Wikeley on page 129
- The Postal Service (People Who Help Us) by Ladybird Series on page 205
- Service Occupations by Sara Throop on page 231
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