USAJobs.gov

As a military veteran very dissatisfaction you can put your resume as discovery mode for recruiters to contact you. You will most likely die before they do. This website is tailored for the impossible and VRE will not help you obtain any career on this website good luck with that even with a masters degree in the stem field

I used to like to site for at least if you had the right words listed the computer would pass you on to the next stage. Now, it's like the hiring team has found ways to keep the friends employed even if they aren't qualified….hey just copy snd snd paste the job announcement and they will do the rest. Next up is the okey dokey job announcement… you know the one that's open for like 4 or 5 days because they are looking for a particular person….it doesn't matter that there are applicants in the hat. You will never get that job. Then hey the job gets cancelled then resubmitted once again for the same 4 to 5 days only because that guy finally was able to answer his phone and he now can app,y to that particular job. Why bother posting jobs if all you are going to do is hire your buddies to work them? No matter the fact there are several well qualified candidates who applied. Oh yeah…. Let's talk about the multiple resumes you'll need to have at the ready because the jobs that website allows to post openings requires some of the most ridiculous things to be listed within your resume…. And they all want different things listed and different formats. That website gives me anxiety at times. SMH

After applying for over 2 years I refuse to continue to entertain the USAJOBs Friends-Only Network anymore. As a Disabled Veteran who is tech savvy with a Top Secret, it is basically impossible to get even a GS-7 Human Resources position, or even a GS-05 Labor position which is absolutely ridiculous considering my skillset. It's a TRASH website for TRASH people. Not to mention, most of these high-ranking GS civilians do not do their job and stay home most of the time. They are cheating the system, and getting paid high dollars for it. If you wanted a worker, you would have hired me. Now all you have is a bunch of losers not doing much of anything. Worst resume-filtered job application website in the history of mankind. Stay away before it tries to suck in your soul. The Devil himself made this website.

I have never seen a more inadequate piece of crap in my life. Pathetic at best no wonder you cat fill vacancies.

I am a former federal employee, 15 years with NATO. I have attempted the last few years to get back on board as I am a career employee with with no break in service limitations. The USA jobs website appears to almost be a dormant website. Rarely, if ever, are positions that one is referred for updated. I have called and emailed several times the hiring official(s), for a particular position, to be advised of the current status. I have absolutely lost count of how many times the hiring official/entity I end up speaking
To tells me the position was already filled or deleted for some unspecified reason. For those interested in a federal career and you are highly qualified, your opportunities are limited and rendered useless on this USA Jobs website. The best opportunity is to gain a position with a government contractor. I find that those people tend to be hired on into federal positions that are posted on USA jobs. Not sure why the jobs are posted in the first place, because they (the contractor) normally slide right into the position. The position will be immediately filled...however, If one applies for that position (that is posted on USAJobs) the site will eventually simply state/reflect "received" or "referred" even though it has already been filled. That notation will remain when you look for application updates for months, even a year... I'm assuming eventually it will drop off, but I've been at this for years... It's becoming a waste of time loop of uselessness. If you have applied for a position, look for that hiring official email address or phone number. Contact them, get updated...It will save you from waiting for the database to update since it probably NEVER will.

I read the comments here and am not at all surprised that people are describing USAJobs in a negative light. 13 applications deep and I arrived nowhere, except where others are describing in the comment chain. I am fully qualified, with 2 degrees, a disabled vet and still can't get a job. So, I am no longer using USAJobs as a source for employment research, nor applying through them. They should be shut down.

Its hard to search for positions, its hard to find if you fit the requirements, there is no feedback. Half the time if you email the associated support address you just won't get a response, and if you do get a response they will give you a generic response and say that there is not much they can help you with.

I have never gotten a single interview from USAjobs, despite the fact that I have 10 years of relevant work experience. My advice go literally anywhere else.

I somehow strongly feel that usajobs.gov is a scam funded by the govt. I have been applying foe jobs through the website for over 2 years now. I get a response back that my resume has been referred, but it never goes beyond that. It happened at least over 15 times now. I am beginning to wonder if this website is even legit. After a few months i get a response back saying 'even though you were an eligible candidate we found some one else'. This is even without an interview. How would they now even without talking to me that the other person was a better fit.

I think you're generally better off just going elsewhere for your job hunt (if online). The sign in process is not user-friendly. The two-factor authentication only provides options for calling or texting your listed number. If it fails to be received, you can click again, but after a few tries, your account will be locked (for 10min at a time). Their only solution is to delete your account and start over as the only means to "reset your preferences". I say, "absolutely useless" and "where's the 0/5 option". Unless someone else can provide me with a solution, I can't recommend USAJobs.gov. Thank you.

The majority of people who have GS jobs is through internal connections. Either they know somebody in their military chain, and beware, they're many haters from the military to see you go over them in positions to get a job. I have 2 degrees, and over 24 years experience in management and Human Resources and know all the political bull $#*! in certain people getting the job, you can trash the Equal Opportunity department since they're there to help the ones in charge of hooking up the organization. Never tell someone of your past that works HR about you applying unless you're a grease ball like them kissing up the ranks. USA Jobs is a joke, good luck in finding. Thank God, I retired and did my time, enough with the BS, and happily retired.

Here is a fact people, USAJOBS does NOT hire or screen people OPM does. As a website, it's pretty good and easy to navigate.

Most of these reviews should be for the OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM).

MY STORY: I was hired without an interview after I got out as a disabled VET. I went through the VOCREHAB program set up by the VA and ya I got two degrees too. I submitted 100's of resumes for federal positions for TWO years with minimal "REFERRED TO SELECTING OFFICIAL" notices, maybe 5 or so times. That stinks considering how many jobs I applied for. But I was doing it all WRONG - ALL WRONG!

However, just as my unemployment ran out I was sent an email asking if I wanted a job I had NOT interviewed for - It was a GS-5 position. Yes, I was bummed since I was a Senior NCO when I got out and was doing quite well money wise. We all know GS-5 pay sucks.

So, I toiled for a few days, asked around and at the end of the day I took the position. Something is better than nothing and after all, I would be in the system.

That was 5.5 years ago, and now I am a GS-12 with a career I never thought I'd have or knew of.

My Chief said I was not hired because I was a Veteran but because my resume showed versatility and at the GS-5 level there was lots of room to grow.

Since getting in, my veteran status HAS helped me get promoted for sure however, I had to go TDY for three and a half months away from my family but the sacrifice paid off AND I got quite a few graduate credits from that school. Win-win.

My point is, if you are NOT getting REFERRED TO THE SELECTING OFFICIAL it's YOUR RESUME, not YOU. When I was going through the VOCREHAB program the feds that came and lectured us on federal hiring said one thing that chimes through whenever I apply for a new job in the government.

They said and I quote "Unfortunately the most qualified people will NOT get the federal jobs out there it's the ones with the BEST RESUME". And I can tell you first hand - THAT IT IS TRUE.

That is unless they have ALREADY pegged a job for SOMEONE. That too is unfortunately true in many cases. That is a prohibited practice but it does happen.

I paid a federal resume writing service to write ONE federal resume for me for a job I was interested in. I did not get that job BUT I was referred. Since that time I took that one resume and tweaked it for every job since and I get referred A LOT. Even for higher paying position, I apply for today.

I do get referred to the selection official a lot, yes, but like you do NOT get selected for many positions and I am a federal employee AND disabled Vet.

Think OPM not USAJOBS when it comes to federal hiring. OPM screens applicants for the process NOT USAJOBS. Now you know who to get mad at.

Also, think BIG RESUME, a 5 - 8 page resume is the NORM forget everything you have ever heard about the one-page resume. In federal hiring that will get you passed over every single time. They scan for KEY WORDS forget the opening statements too UNLESS that statement is filled with KEY WORDS you got from the job announcement. You HAVE to ADJUST the RESUME to EVERY job you apply for EVERY ONE OF THEM. One size does NOT fit all in this process.

And when in doubt HIRE A FEDERAL RESUME WRITER, KEY WORDS WILL GET YOU REFERRED. And for the love of God DON'T DEPEND on your DEGREES unless you are a Nurse, Doctor, Lawyer and so on, and even then EXPERIENCE and LENGTH of your resume WILL make things happen faster for you.

I've been where you are. Understanding the screwed up way this SCREENING process goes will get you in the door. Volume in applying is also a must. Don't submit 10 resumes and expect to be hired, when there are 1000's applying for that same federal jobs, VOLUME and RESUME are what counts.

And when you get DO get referred, and you will. That selection LIST you are on has 5 - 8 other people on in ranked positions SO KEEP APPLYING FOR OTHER JOBS while you wait.

I hope this cleared some things up for you. Just know 1000's of non-vets get hired every day in the federal government. You may have to take a LOWER paying job to just get in the system as well. Only you can make that decision as to if that will work for you.

Walking in the federal door as a GS-12, 13, 14, 15 is rare but NOT impossible. Remember one thing you ARE competing with CURRENT federal employees for those higher paying positions as well.

GOOD LUCK, and I hope this cleared some things up for you.

Just like many of my applications "not being considered for this position" or "qualified, not forwarding to selecting official" with no explanation of what was "considered" or why I was "qualified" but being forwarded on to a selecting official. USAJOBS is a Firewall that the Federal Government hides behind. I have several first hand examples. I would have given a no star rating if possible.

USAJobs.gov is the worst job application site that exists. Plan on spending a few hours just filling out the application on USAJobs.gov only to find out that all the information you just filled out is irrelevant because the department or agency website will make you fill it out all again. You're better off filing for unemployment than applying for a federal job. They make the job requirements so specific that unless you have made such a niche career path choice, they don't want you.

The website is hopelessly counterinuitive. When an applicant attempts to create a new password, the site responds... by not responding. If you have no intention of allowing applicants to enter the site, on which these same applicants have saved their curricula vitarum (no, I'm right, that's the plural), then why bother keeping this site on line? I recommend you fire your contractor, who built this site, and find some other group of post-millennial geniuses to design something that works.

This is a easy, non-complicated site. I have been looking and applying for jobs and even when the position you apply needs more experience they always respond back with the status of your application, if you weren't selected, they will tell you... Most of the sites where you apply for a job position, they just let you wait forever and never email/call back. I personally think that just the fact they let you know how everything goes with your application is a show of respect..."Respect" lately endangered..

Some of the jobs are ageist, ridiculous with qualifications required that don't align with the pay grade. They make you take long assessments, some want you to not submit your resume but create a completely new resume from their tool. Don't waste your time because no one ever got a well paying government job through this website. I have only ever been offered a hint of a morsel and it was a job with the TSA that I didn't apply for. No thanks. That's a high turn over, you only need a warm body to stand there type of job. I didn't go to college just so I can rummage through someone's luggage and invade their personal space with a pat down.

The requirements for the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program are straightforward but ambiguous concerning the window of time out of service' (Not clear and open to debate). I have not yet hit my 6-year mark out of active duty, yet according to employees answering the phones I still don't meet the requirement of being within the "last five years." The wording of the requirement "the last 5 years" is ambiguous and I believe I am still eligible when those words are used. I have connected to employees who get the applications and they have to change the wording, the entire sentence, to explain what the requirement of time is talking about. I plead for some understanding on this. If a person reads a requirement or rule (That isn't clear and isn't specific) thus, ambiguous in its meaning, that person in concern is left to assume what is being said was set up for failure from the start.

I explained to the employees how 5.5 years is still included in the requirement wording "last 5 years." The employees explained to me the meaning of the requirement by rewording' the entire requirement. Never once did they use the exact sentence or words as used in the requirement (and what they were saying made complete sense using the words they used). What they were trying to get me to understand I understood fast because the words they used actually meant specifically what they were talking about and what the program was looking for.

I do believe that if this case were brought to a courthouse my argument would win quick and easy. Wording matters. The words used in the requirement of time separated' set me up for failure.

I've applied countless of times in the past, but more recently as I've had to move different states a few times. Im a military spouse now which makes it more challenging for me to find a job as I'm moving around. The VA states there's eligibility for military spouses, but I've applied more than a few times with no success. I've given up. There's no interest in supporting military spouses here.

I can't effectively filter jobs. To get anywhere with applying, it takes applying to about 500 jobs. That means you need to be able to view and sort jobs efficiently. Instead, USAjobs makes the applicant keep selecting "more jobs" even after filtering for "status," or sorting by "date applied." It only lists a very limited number of jobs. Sometimes that filter disappears if you try to select "more jobs." Given that this system is one big "numbers game," they need to fix this. Veterans don't get a positive response without applying to many, many jobs. Also, the status of "reviewed," is not informative. They changed it to generic "reviewed," when before, it actually said "referred" or "not referee." Now, the applicant bears the burden of clicking each of, say, 100 jobs listed to see status (about three clicks or even more, when Usajobs stops responding and makes the user click three times to get a button to work, which frequently happens.

The requirements listed in the position are not the requirements they ask for in the questionnaire. You waste time constantly tailoring resumes and find out you're not qualified based on the questionnaire. Put the REAL requirements in the job post.

I have used USAJOBS.GOV for about 7 years, I have never once even recieved an email from any potential employer. Fast forward to now, I have been using Indeed.com and I have had interviews and have actually gotten a temporary job, but something is better than nothing.

I have applied for numerous jobs that not only was I extremely qualified for but should have had disabled veterans preference. I submitted not only the requested documentation but extras like licenses and certifications.

When I get denied it not only won't tell you why, it doesn't even say why exactly, simply that we can not determine if you are qualified or not. Thia despite the fact I submitted ample evidence of qualification for almost all the positions I aplplied. This is what interviews should be for.

I have seen postings up for one day implying they are not actually searching and likely already had a hire selected and just posted it to meet requirements. I sincerely believe most jobs you see come up have pre-selected hires.

A time-wasting monster with poor authentication methods, obsession over security that comes at the expense of retention of federal applicant files. Constant resets, deactivations, and notices to delete accounts and rebuild federal CV usually leads people infinitely frustrated that they give up on federal jobs or advancement and just go elsewhere.