T here are several ways to find available federal jobs of all types.
The first three, examining periodicals and online job databases plus directly contacting a federal agency's personnel office, are the most productive and are discussed in detail later in Chapter 29 of the Government Job Finder. The others are treated immediately below in their entirety. There are a number of periodicals that carry listings of federal government job openings. These may include both Competitive Service jobs and Excepted Service and PAC positions. O nline job databases.