How to Apply for a Job With Homeland Security
If you want to play an active role in safeguarding the United States, you might apply for a job with the Department of Homeland Security. Follow these steps.
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Instructions
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Browse the current available job openings by visiting the U.S. government's online job portal (see Resources below). The searchable database links to employment opportunities in all branches of government, including vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security.
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Refine your search criteria by specifying position, location and starting salary.
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Review the details for each job. Note the duties assigned to the position, and consider whether your skills fit the job. Compare your education, professional background, interests and skills against the desired qualifications stated in the posting.
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Be prepared to submit to a drug screening if you want to work for Homeland Security.
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Apply for the job online. You will be given detailed information on the application process, including what to submit and how to submit it, as well as the interview and selection process. Understand that the procedure may include several screening stages.
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Learn more about the government officials overseeing the hiring for the position you're interested in by inquiring with a Homeland Security Selective Placement Coordinator. You can find one through the Department of Homeland Security's Web site (see Resources below).
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Interview for the job. If you are selected for an interview, understand that you may be required to travel, at your own expense, to the site where interviews are conducted.
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Tips & Warnings
You will have to submit to an extensive background check in order to work for the Department of Homeland Security. If there is anything in your background or your family's background you do not wish the agency to know about, don't apply.
