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USAJobs

USAJobs is the United States government's website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies. Federal agencies use USAJOBS to host job openings and match qualified applicants to those jobs. USAJOBS serves as the central place to find opportunities in hundreds of federal agencies and organizations. The site is operated by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). It was created in 1996.

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USAJobs
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Type of site
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Available inEnglish
OwnerUnited States Office of Personnel Management
URLwww.usajobs.gov Edit this at Wikidata
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Current statusActive

USAJobs (styled USAJOBS) is the United States government's website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies.12 Federal agencies use USAJOBS to host job openings and match qualified applicants to those jobs. USAJOBS serves as the central place to find opportunities in hundreds of federal agencies and organizations.3 The site is operated by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). It was created in 1996.4

Many seeking employment through this system have encountered significant barriers, and the hiring process has proven opaque and is driven principally through keyword algorithms rather than through human evaluation of job qualifications.5 However, OPM and USAJOBS claim that resumes are primarily reviewed by human HR specialists at various agencies with some automated matching as part of a larger contextual review.6

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  1. "About Us". USAJobs.gov. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  2. Nyczepir, Dave (October 13, 2020). "USAJOBS to make 4 recommended updates to user experience". FedScoop. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. "USAJOBS Help Center | About USAJOBS". www.usajobs.gov. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "USAJOBS Updates Celebrate 20th Anniversary Milestone". United States Office of Personnel Management. September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  5. "It's Not You, It's Me: USAJobs – A Broken System". August 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  6. "USAJOBS Help Center | Resumes are scanned for keywords by an automated system". Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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