Why Compete When You Don't Have To?

by Meghan Oakley · 2009-05-22 11:07:00 UTC
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One of the too-infrequently touted benefits of serving in AmeriCorps*VISTA is Non-Competitive Eligibility for one year after their term of service. What exactly does that mean? Well, it essentially means that you are eligible to apply for federal jobs without having to compete with the general public and that more positions might be available to you.

For example, if you are really passionate about the environment, and you want to work in Obama's administration with the EPA (or one of the many other offices that will be opening to forward social causes), one year of AmeriCorps*VISTA will enable you to apply for positions at the EPA as an internal candidate.

Why does this matter? Because being considered as an internal candidate means that you are competing against a handful of other people, rather than the (literally) thousands of people who apply for federal jobs.

How exactly does it work? If you have completed a full term of AmeriCorps*VISTA service, and you are within a one-year period of your end of service date, complete an application in USAJobs.com and click "I'm a person with non-competitive eligibity."

Very cool.

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Meghan Oakley
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