Entries for specific federal agencies just include the job hotline number. These hotlines will tell you how to apply for the vacant positions they list. In addition, you'll be told about several directories of federal agencies that give you addresses for submitting job applications. Chapter 2 explains how to use newsgroups in your job quest. These online services will send you lists of job openings when you subscribe to them.
Subscriptions are nearly always free.
Job openings are sent by email. Chapter 2 presents a detailed discussion of using mailing lists in your job search. Government job pages on the Internet . Many municipalities and counties, state governments and state agencies, and federal government departments maintain home pages on the Internet where job openings are announced. See Chapter 2 to learn how the Internet works.