Searching for Appointments from the Subject Perspective
Potential Appointees talk with Presidential-Appointments.org about how to find positions for which they may qualify and find interesting. Our first questions to each one are about qualifications - what can the person do for the United States, its President and the People of the Land?
Updated Sunday, February 03, 2008 08:22 PM
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Departments and Agencies: Common sense makes a look at the obvious agencies of the government by subject a good idea. The Internet provides a solid library source for the first search for both positions in general, and very often, for those that are actually vacant. Most departments and agencies have some kind of page on senior positions - but are usually not comprehensive. Looking by subject matter within those sites is a strong start.
Internet Alert Signups: Search engines such as Google have Alert Services - most of which are free of charge. The information about positions, or vacancies, or the present occupant of a position, or the specific subject for a job will result in brief forwarded e-mail alerts every day. All of these tips are very helpful clues and keep the searcher current. Many newspapers and other media firms also have free e-mail notices, and they are very helpful in tracking these subjects. Use the standard search parameters offered by each source. Using the (") marks at front and back of a search subject helps narrow the field. For example, if you are searching for John Smith - you will get a far more focused set of answers if you put it in the search engine as "John Smith". This works very well on the name of a position itself because if anything happens, you get the information quickly. Example: "Assistant Secretary of State for Central American Affairs"
This kind of information keeps you current with the media chat, the Blog chat and gossip, speeches and official information as well.
Horizontal Search by Subject: Remember that there are many non-governmental entities where the President and the Executive Branch appointment government and US representatives. An example is the World Bank which is an important international function. The Bank is staffed by individual nations, and the President nominates the United States representatives. These are important, interesting, and sometimes exciting jobs - working for an international agency where annual income may be tax free in the US - but positions where you may not easily find the job in any official US sites. There are literally thousands of the domestic and international organizations on every conceivable subject - so a subject search across the world may find just what you would like to do for the President. Many of these positions relate to the financial and legal world, as well as matters of sociology, and of course, many many scientific and technical positions.
The bottom line of this page is a warning to be creative in your subject searches - search on a broad base by entity, subject, and people. Electronic searches are important stuff in finding positions - and vacant positions.
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