After World War II, the government wanted to get as many veterans employed as possible. In honor of their service, Military Veterans are awarded 'points' toward jobs in the government. They are added to the test scores on the Civil Service Exam giving them an advantage over others with the same skill sets.
No, you do not have to be a veteran to apply for federal government jobs. The federal government jobs website is USAjobs.gov and it lists a variety of government jobs, required qualifications and other relevant information.
Civil service jobs are government jobs held by civilians. Civil service jobs can be police officers, Department of Motor Vehicles staff, and veterans administration jobs.
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A person can find some veterans administration jobs on several sites on the web. One can either search on sites that recruits applicants or apply directly to the government agency.
The only place you can go to find out about legitimate government jobs is through usajobs.com. You can find jobs listed for every state and most every profession there. Please take note that veterans will get more preference over civilians for government jobs because of prior security clearance history and programs to help prior veterans find job placement.
If you mean GI, Government issue-refers to veterans of the armed forces.
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Patronage jobs and veterans pensions.
These types of jobs are for veterans from wars who have spent a long time out of the working market. Some companies offer jobs for these people and the positions are known to be VA jobs. Shortly said - these are jobs saved for veterans.
Hoovervilles were set up in Washington D.C. by WWI veterans looking for jobs and veterans benefits.
Most post office jobs are offered through the government. What makes it hard to get a post office job though is not education, but most post office jobs are filled by prior military service members. Most prior service is taken into the position because of previous security clearances and veterans have something called veterans preference which gives them a edge over the general public when applying for government jobs.