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AvueCentral.com
Site quote: federal employment service provided absolutely free to the public. It’s the fastest and easiest way to find and apply for federal employment. Avue Central offers completely private, safe, and secure access to thousands of federal jobs worldwide.

Capital Semester
a.k.a. "Live, Learn & Intern" and "dcinternships.org." Washington, DC, summer and semester internships on Capitol Hill, with federal agencies, media outlets, foreign embassies, trade associations, political organizations, policy groups and corporate lobbying offices. Thorough FAQs answered on the site.

Career Center for New College Graduates
(.com web site)
See "Federal Jobs" to search for jobs by major.

Careers in Government
(.com web site)

Center for Health, Environment and Justice
(.org web site)

DCinternships.org
a.k.a. "Live, Learn & Intern" and "Capital Semester." Washington, DC, summer and semester internships on Capitol Hill, with federal agencies, media outlets, foreign embassies, trade associations, political organizations, policy groups and corporate lobbying offices. Thorough FAQs answered on the site.

eScholar
(on StudentJobs.gov)
Federal government internships, cooperative education, scholarships, fellowships, and grants for undergraduate and graduate students.

Federal Government Career Fairs
On FedJobs.com web site
- Over 50 upcoming recruiting events throughout the U.S.
- Recruiting those transitioning from military to civil service

FederalJobSearch.com
Federal jobs by career field and location.
Search thousands of federal, state and local government jobs and receive job vacancies by email.
Notice this is a .com, or commercial, website; not a .gov, or government-operated website.

Federal Job Search: 10 steps (pdf)
Prepared by Career Services; not a web site, but a tips sheet. Includes links to a couple of sites that are also linked on this page.

FedJobs.com
Includes new service: Resume Conversion ... Private-Sector to Federal-Style.
Register for FedJobs Career Chat free monthly e-Newsletter.
Federal job fairs; more.

Federal Jobs Online
(.com web site)

FedWorld.gov
Federal government jobs and more.

FindLaw.com Career Center
Law-related jobs, HR, marketing, finance / accounting, IT, technical specialists, librarians.

GovtJob.net
State and local government jobs in general management, HR and risk management, finance and accounting, administrative and legal, information technology, community development, public works, public safety and criminal justice, leisure services, health and human services.

GovtJobs.com
State and local government jobs, and more.

Herbert Scoville, Jr. Peace Fellowship
6-month fellowship for outstanding college graduates on issues related to peace and security; a variety of organizations in or near the nation's capital host selected fellows.

LawJobs.com
Includes paralegal and administrative support jobs.

Law Enforcement Jobs.com
Jobs in federal, state, city, county, international, college and university law enforcement, and corrections.

Live, Learn & Intern
a.k.a. "Capital Semester" and "dcinternships.org." Washington, DC, summer and semester internships on Capitol Hill, with federal agencies, media outlets, foreign embassies, trade associations, political organizations, policy groups and corporate lobbying offices. Thorough FAQs answered on the site.

Local government directory on Yahoo!NOW (National Organization for Women)
Internship program in Washington, DC; women's issues and the political process; lobbying, community organization, attend Congressional and U.S. Supreme Court hearings.

Partnership for Public Service
Advice about federal government employment: finding a job, agencies, internships and more.

Professional Energy Jobs
Includes jobs in energy industry in these categories: Accounting and Finance Jobs, Energy Trading Jobs, Engineering Jobs, Human Resources, Information Technology Jobs, Internships, Legal Jobs, Management Jobs, Marketing/Sales Jobs, Math/Economists Jobs, Public Policy/Regulatory Jobs, Science Jobs.

StudentJobs.gov
Temporary jobs, co-ops, internships and university work study positions. (Note eScholar for internships, cooperative education, scholarships, fellowships, and grants for undergraduate and graduate students.) Links to other sites with government employment.

TenStepsforStudents.org
Purpose is to help students and recent graduates find and apply for federal government jobs.

The Urban Institute
(Urban.org)
Economic & social policy research, includes temporary and part-time research asst. positions for college students.

USAJobs.opm.gov
U.S. government's official site for jobs and employment information; provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

The Washington Center Internships
(.edu web site)
2,000 - 3,000 internship placements in public, private and non-profit sector in Washington D.C.

WashingtonPost.com/Jobs
Includes jobs outside this category, but due to location you'll find government and public policy jobs; jobs in Washington, DC, and metro Virginia and Maryland.

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