Job hunters over 50 rarely think about this group of jobs. If you are running a small business and can get away for a month or two or you've taken early retirement and need to supplement your income, or you've retired and are bored and want to do new and challenging work maybe this is for you.
Currently in USAjobs.gov you will find over 30 positions at various specialties all across the country. The jobs are working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The jobs range from a cook in Round Hill, VA to an IT specialist in Denton, TX., to contract specialists in CA and an administrative assistant in Denton. New jobs are posted all the time as FEMA's needs change and people come and go in various reservist positions.
Some of the jobs are full-time but are normally outside conferring civil service rights and privileges. However, in all the jobs you get a full range of federal government benefits.
Most of the jobs are for a limited time, 2-3 or 4 years and are on an on-call basis. You are not paid when you do not work. You normally are given only a limited notice when work is available. When your term is up you can reapply, and normally with an acceptable performance rating, when there is an opening you could go back to on-call status.
Here is how to access these job possibilities with FEMA.
1. Go to USAJobs.gov and in the job keyword search box put in the word FEMA and click search. Make sure you do not restrict the search to only status (this means you are a former federal employer with status). This will show in the upper right of the first page where the jobs are shown.
2. Review all the jobs shown. Don't restrict yourself to a geographical area as on-call employees can live anywhere.
3. Pay particular attention to the closing date of the job announcement. Miss the deadline and you will not be considered.
4. If you find a job you might qualify for click on the shortened listing and you'll be sent to the full job announcement.
5. Even if you do not find a job that you would qualify for but are interested in the possible opportunity, go to the upper right of the page and open an account. You'll be asked some personal information and the opportunity to input a resume.
You can list up to five resumes to cover different qualifications for separate jobs.
6. Carefully read and study the job announcement. Pull out all the keywords related to the position. Be sure the keywords are properly spread across you resume. Your resume will be scanned be a software program. One measure of you total score will be how the keywords in your resume match the job announcement.
7. In applying for one of these positions, you will be asked to answer a series of assessment questions. In answering the questions, give yourself the benefit of the doubt regarding your experience. For example, if you had a job where you supervised others in a critical function, yet it was only a small portion of your time, give yourself appropriate credit.
8. To keep abreast with new FEMA job announcements, there is a small blue envelope in the upper right of the job announcement page. It says save search and email me jobs. Click on this and as job announcements are posted you'll be sent an email informing you of the posting. This is a great service, as some jobs are only open for a short period of time and this gives you a head start if you want to apply.
These on call and reservist jobs, can on occasion grow into full-time jobs, but don't approach this opportunity with that in mind. Be patient, as the hiring process takes time. Keep applying; keep learning how the system works, and if this type of intermittent job appeals to you these jobs for the over 50 job hunter may be the answer.
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