For one of my professional development requirements I attended a webinar at the College of College of Public Service and Community Solutions hosted by the Partnership for Public Service. The webinar was titled "Federal Opportunities Beyond DC". This event was full of information and had a panel of people from various background all working for the federal government in various capacities and in different locations.
My main take away from this event was the fact that there are numerous opportunities for employment within the federal government without having to relocate to the beltway. For those that are not familiar with this term the beltway refers to the DC, Virginia, and Maryland area. This was of significance for me because prior to this event I was not really looking at federal careers because I do not want to relocate to the east coast again. However, as mentioned several times during the event every state has federal careers available, it really just depends on what it is you are looking to do within the federal government. That being said, one of the things I didn't really like about this event was that there was very little information given about the career opportunities in Arizona. They did go over navigating the USA Jobs website which list all of the career opportunities in the area, but it still would have been nice to have a panelist from Arizona to discuss some more area specific jobs. Since attending this event I have created a USA Jobs account and am currently in the process of applying for a couple of jobs in the area.
Overall this is a good webinar for those looking to gain employment with the federal government. However, there was not a lot of information provided for those of us wanting to stay in Arizona.
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