Are any government agencies actually hiring attorneys, or should I stop wasting time applying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My agency has hired a ton of new attorneys over the past few months. Many of them are entry level that were interns the previous summer and a few are laterals with specialized experience.

Name the damn agency already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My agency has hired a ton of new attorneys over the past few months. Many of them are entry level that were interns the previous summer and a few are laterals with specialized experience.

Name the damn agency already.

Op here, I'm not the pp. but names would be awesome, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USPS:

https://wd2-portal.usps.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_unreg_job_search?sap-ep-themeroot=/SAP/PUBLIC/BC/UR/nw5/themes/usps_SMALL#

Thanks!! I wonder why do not show up in my usajobs search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone out there a government attorney?

If so, do you know if any agencies are actually hiring? I've submitted about forty applications in the past year and have only gotten two interviews. I'm wondering if most of these postings aren't real, given budget constraints.

Also, any tips for how to get a position would be much appreciated.

shit, you are lucky to have gotten two interviews. i had experience during law school interning for the AUSA's office in DC, as well as working in a general counsel's office of an agency, and i have portable experience at a large firm, and i submitted tons of applications a couple years ago and got zero interviews.

[Anonymous]

Admin assistant at a small agency here. We recently hired three attorneys and there were between 400-600 applications for each opening.

[Anonymous]

The only attorneys we've hired the last couple of years have been entry-level through our Legal Honors program. I don't see that changing in the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous]

Why is USPS hiring? Thought they were trying to cut their workforce and doing terribly financially.

[Anonymous]

Now is just not a good time to be looking with the sequester. Agencies are not filling vacant positions. We lost over 30 people in my section of Justice over the past three years. We hired 5.


This is so depressing.


So are people overworked now? Or were things slow before?

Yup, people are overworked.

[Anonymous]

SEC has been hiring a lot of new attorneys, but it's uber-competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here.
I meant to ask in my initial posting, which agencies are or are not hiring, if people feel comfortable saying the name?
Thanks.

OP, you have to go by USAJOBS, so I don't see the point of your question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is USPS hiring? Thought they were trying to cut their workforce and doing terribly financially.

Because we're still a functioning agency with a ton of work to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here.
I meant to ask in my initial posting, which agencies are or are not hiring, if people feel comfortable saying the name?
Thanks.

OP, you have to go by USAJOBS, so I don't see the point of your question.

I do go by usajobs. But in not sure if any or many of those postings are real. It takes a good ten twenty hours or so to complete most applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Now is just not a good time to be looking with the sequester. Agencies are not filling vacant positions. We lost over 30 people in my section of Justice over the past three years. We hired 5.


This is so depressing.


So are people overworked now? Or were things slow before?

Yup, people are overworked.

Or underworked and gossip mongers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here.
I meant to ask in my initial posting, which agencies are or are not hiring, if people feel comfortable saying the name?
Thanks.

OP, you have to go by USAJOBS, so I don't see the point of your question.

I do go by usajobs. But in not sure if any or many of those postings are real. It takes a good ten twenty hours or so to complete most applications.

There is really no way of knowing which ones will end up hiring someone. The agencies themselves don't know as the budget environment is constantly shifting. If they are posting a job, they WANT to hire someone but circumstances may prevent it. My agency is talking about posting a job and I'm shocked because we are in a serious budget crunch. But we have had attrition and are short staffed. I'm not sure if it will really happen.

If you are spending 10-20 hours on each posting you are spending way too much time. Put together a standard resume and cover letter and then spend a little time customizing them for each posting. I never timed myself but even the most time consuming ones couldn't have taken more than an hour or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here.
I meant to ask in my initial posting, which agencies are or are not hiring, if people feel comfortable saying the name?
Thanks.

OP, you have to go by USAJOBS, so I don't see the point of your question.

Yes because go through usajobs solely will yielded results. You are an ass PP. FBI had a brain drain with it's most recent leadership. A lot of spots are open including general counsel but there is a hiring freeze in place. FBI will probably need to try to my an exception to fill the vacant slots but who knows how long it will take and if it will be approved.