So many minorities in the government

[Anonymous]

How can a white woman get a government job?

[Anonymous]

Oh, my God. Shut up.

[Anonymous]

Seriously

[Anonymous]

The observation is correct in that in this area admin jobs are filled often by black women.

To get a job OP, you must apply for professional positions.

[Anonymous]

I get rejected for those, so I figured applying for an admin position would help me get my foot in the door.

[Anonymous]

Is this going to spin off into "minorities have it so easy"? Can I just throw up in my mouth now and get it over with?

[Anonymous]

As a white federal contractor I think it is great that so many women now in their 50s and 60s have been able to rise to management positions in the fed gov (I mostly work in accounting and IT). My mom is a similar age and she and my MIL always tell me that they felt they only had a few choices for careers - teacher, nurse, secretary, book keeper.

I love that my fed clients are ethnically diverse, from a variety of backgrounds, and some have handicaps that are accommodated. It makes my company hire more diverse people so that we "look like the client".

Sometimes it's tough to relate to people different than you, but in my experience diverse teams are more innovative because people with different experiences approach problems differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a white federal contractor I think it is great that so many women now in their 50s and 60s have been able to rise to management positions in the fed gov (I mostly work in accounting and IT). My mom is a similar age and she and my MIL always tell me that they felt they only had a few choices for careers - teacher, nurse, secretary, book keeper.

I love that my fed clients are ethnically diverse, from a variety of backgrounds, and some have handicaps that are accommodated. It makes my company hire more diverse people so that we "look like the client".

Sometimes it's tough to relate to people different than you, but in my experience diverse teams are more innovative because people with different experiences approach problems differently.

Plus, more able to be Global rather than Local. You need that edge to be competitive.

[Anonymous]

The ones in customer service suck-any race.Who hired them?! They'd never make it in a private business that requires customer service.

[Anonymous]

https://data.govloop.com/Government/Minority-Employees-by-Race/tehm-z57r

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get rejected for those, so I figured applying for an admin position would help me get my foot in the door.

Not a good strategy in government. I've seen few admin folks get promoted to professional positions, and for those few, it was an unusual situation (external hiring freeze prevented opening the job to the public, etc.)

[Anonymous]

I'm sure if you're not getting hired, it's not your whiteness that is limiting you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure if you're not getting hired, it's not your whiteness that is limiting you.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure if you're not getting hired, it's not your whiteness that is limiting you.

This x 1000. You might want to start at changing your perception that you are somehow a victim. That might help you be more introspective as to why you are not getting these jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get rejected for those, so I figured applying for an admin position would help me get my foot in the door.

Not a good strategy in government. I've seen few admin folks get promoted to professional positions, and for those few, it was an unusual situation (external hiring freeze prevented opening the job to the public, etc.)

+1. Or the admin folks are promoted to professional positions to manage other admins.