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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > The U.S. Federal Government Jobs Megathread: Next time... be more careful!
 
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ndPunkOne
Aug 5, 2002

 The VA offers paid internships. VHA has medical centers in most major cities and many smaller towns and may be a good option if you don't want to move.

http://www.vacareers.va.gov/vacareers_you_students_administration_1.cfm

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Certain positions within the VA health care system require specialized knowledge that can only be obtained through a two-year internship in the VA Technical Career Field (TCF) Program. These full-time internships include salary, benefits, training, and travel. Career fields include:

Career fields include:

* Biomedical Engineer
* Blind Rehabilitation
* Boiler Plant Operator
* Chief Business Office
* Compliance and Business Integrity
* Contracting Specialist
* Environmental Engineer
* Environmental Management
* Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Master's Program
* Finance
* General Engineer
* Health Information Management
* Human Resources Management
* Inventory Management
* Office of Health Information
* Office of Information and Technology
* Prosthetic Representative
* Safety/Industrial Hygiene
* Supply Processing and Distribution
* Voluntary Management

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ndPunkOne
Aug 5, 2002

psydude posted:

God damnit, my personal interview got cancelled because the OPM revised their guidelines for hiring this far in advance for FCIP positions.

e: At least I have a hit from the DHS.

Might have also had something to do with this?

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President Obama issued an executive order on Monday evening scrapping a controversial federal internship program.

The order shuts down the Federal Career Intern Program -- whose popularity as a means for quickly hiring new employees has skyrocketed since it was created in 2001 -- as of March 2011.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1210/122710ts1.htm

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ndPunkOne
Aug 5, 2002

Happydayz posted:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122804257.html

hiring managers loved it because it shortened the hiring process. Labor leaders hated it because it because it allowed for more managerial discretion (or favoritism)

Vets also didn't like it because of vet pref.

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