Which federal agencies are considered prestigious

[Anonymous]

DOJ person here. This is a ridiculous question. Why are you asking?

[Anonymous]

State, USAID, DOJ

[Anonymous]

There's the fun ones and the not fun ones. Usually inversely proportional to the number of political appointees it has. If its application doesn't go through USAJOBs, even better.

[Anonymous]

I rushed DOJ but could only get a bid to GAO, ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State, USAID, DOJ

Lol at USÁID reference. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

FLRA, EEOC, HUD, Interior, and MSPB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FLRA, EEOC, HUD, Interior, and MSPB.

This is sarcastic, right?

[Anonymous]

Peace Corps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peace Corps!

LOL

[Anonymous]

Doesn't it depend on what you do and which sub-division?

Also, if you are at a prestigious division of the CIA or FBI, you'd generally avoid talking about your job and you definitely wouldn't call it prestigious.

[Anonymous]

What a weird question. For a lawyer? For a program analyst? For a political appointee?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a career Fed and I don't think there are prestigious agencies. There are agencies relevant to your field or that you partner with, and you may have had good or bad experiences with the people there.

What?! Hell no. There are definitely prestigious agencies. You obviously haven't worked for the terrible ones. There are plenty that have so much dysfunction that the turn over rate is high.

PP is right that the best ones don't have to use USA jobs. I would argue that our ineffective hiring system is the reason many agencies suck. Last year we had the hardest working unpaid intern you've ever met. She worked circles around everyone else, was from a top school and wanted a federal job. We tried to bring her on but couldn't. She didn't even make the cert on the job, but the people who did were no were near as intelligent and hard working. That basically sums up federal hiring to me.

[Anonymous]

All such questions (which are notorious on the college forum) are pathetic.

People are farming out their judgement. Or crowd sourcing some career decision, so they can feel more successful or important in others' eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:State, USAID, DOJ

Lol at USÁID reference. Nice try.

Why would you laugh? It’s foreign service just like State.

[Anonymous]

State Department was prestigious until some hillbilly ran it into the ground