If we already have our own web site, why do we need Careers in Government (CIG)?

There are over 80,000 government and public sector agencies in America alone. Job seekers cannot be expected to visit each of these Web sites, as they go online. Candidates searching the Careers in Government database may not have heard of your particular organization until they see it listed. Careers in Government serves as a clearinghouse. We put more eyes on your job listing and help you become the employer of choice. Careers in Government also provides the job seeker with a link to your agency home page.

Who operates Careers in Government and how long has the board been in existence?

Careers in Government (formerly Jobs in Government) was launched in 1996. It is owned and operated by former public sector professionals with extensive experience in government and education, including personnel administration. For more information please visit our Company Info page.

Since CIG is devoted to the "public sector" how does the site define this term?

If an agency or organization is financed in substantial part through tax supported funding it is generally regarded as a "public sector" agency. This includes any agency that is part of federal, state or local (cities and counties) government, public universities and school districts, special districts, joint power authorities and councils of governments. Non-profit organizations often receive government grants and other funding and therefore are also welcome to post their jobs on CIG.

Are there any conditions under which CIG accepts job postings from private sector firms?

Yes. CIG accepts job postings from executive recruiters providing services for public sector clients. CIG also welcomes job postings from private companies who are searching for candidates who have public sector experience, skills and knowledge.

What are the advantages of advertising on a "niche" or specialty job board?

Savvy recruiters have long published job announcements in "niche" professional and trade journals to target the right candidate pool. This practical, logical and economically sound strategy extends to Internet job boards as well. You can post your Public Works Director job announcement in the New York Times and on HotJobs.com or you can spend a fraction of the money and get real results by opting for American City and County, and CareersInGovernment.com. When asked to explain his phenomenal scoring success, hockey great Wayne Gretzky said, "I skate to where I think the puck will be". Experienced H.R. professionals know the key to finding the best applicants is to advertise where they look.

How does CIG attract talented and experienced public sector candidates to its site?

Careers in Government has a comprehensive advertising and outreach program to attract just the right applicants to meet your staffing needs. Our ambitious advertising schedule includes display ads in most national and many regional public sector magazines, newsletters and university newspapers, as well as Internet banners. Direct mail is sent to college career centers, public sector human resources offices and public libraries throughout the nation. Nearly 2,000 hyperlinks from these sites connecting to CIG are already in place! Finally, CIG has a prominent presence at public sector conferences and job fairs.

How do I register?

Registering can be completed online and takes just a few short minutes. Once you have completed your organization, contact and billing information, you will be taken to a page titled "Recruiter's Center" where you are welcomed. With the menu options on the right side of the page you may immediately begin posting jobs and taking advantage of the site's many features. Please take a moment and register now!

Can I actively manage my ads on CIG?

Yes. CIG provides employers with unprecedented management control over their ads. Employers can enter, edit or delete job announcements 24 hours, 7 days a week and changes take effect right away. Ads can be enhanced with HTML formatting, previewed during composition, disabled at will, and stored in your CIG online portfolio for future retrieval. Additionally, employers can obtain metrics on how frequently their job posting has been viewed.

Are there any other ways in which CIG can help streamline our recruitment process?

Yes. In addition to being able to compose job announcements online, store and retrieve them, employers can search CIG's expansive resume database, and opt to accept CIG's online job application. Employers can find executive recruiters, compensation and classifications consultants and test preparers in our resource area.

How can we use our own proprietary online job application with CIG?

This can be done one of two ways. You can incoporate a live hyperlink to your agency's online job application from anywhere in your ad and instruct applicants to click on the link. Our Customer Support staff will be happy to assist you with this, or you may go to our HTMLhelp page for easy instructions. If you do not have your own job application online, you can send it to us as a .PDF formatted file and we will add it to our job application selection box as a choice for you. This option is available only to our Annual or monthly access accounts and there is no additional charge

Can you provide instruction to use the SoEditor?

Directions to use the SoEditor to format ads:
*Note: Job Seekers follow the same instructions to format resumes.

 

Please follow the instructions below to either copy and paste the job ad announcement from your employment page on your website or you can format your word document in the SoEdit field any way you wish.

 

In addition you may wish to create live links to send the job seeker to a particular page on a website and I’m going to do my best to explain how you can do it: (very easy, but the explanation may be long or confusing – forgive me in advance).

 

1. Under the 4 text fields on the job entry page; “Summary”, “Description”, “Requirements”, and “Special Instructions” is a link “SoEditor” – click to open this window. This window has icons that allow you to format as you would a word doc; no need to know html code.
2. Paste the information you copied from your Job Vacancy Announcement document or from your City Employment page into this window. (Use your mouse to paste (right click and paste), or the icon that looks like a floppy disc on the tool bar at the top left in this window) all formatting should remain as found on your website page.
3. You can format a document using the icons in the tool bar: ie. Bolding, underling, numbered lists, bullets,etc.
4. To create live links: either pdf or webpage links do this:
   • Highlight the pdf doc or webpage sentence – ie. employment application or Human Resources application instructions  – then with the right click of the mouse select “copy shortcut”
   • Click on the “link icon” on the tool bar in this window and a drop down box will occur.
   • In the URL field – back out text that is there and paste using left click of your mouse and click “ok”
   • Follow these instructions for all the pdf files you wish to make a live link
   • When finished w/ all you wish to do in this window then click “Save Changes” and the window will close and you’ll see all kinds of coding along with your text back in the special instructions field.
   • Note: you can use the “SoEditor” in all of the fields if you wish to format or make live links.
   • Note: If your text already has a url: www… then to make this live place the cursor right behind the “s” in us or “m” in com, etc. and click – this will activate the link.

Yes. Each agency may designate an account manager who, in turn, can add or delete authorized users, with distinctive usernames and passwords. For instance, an account manager in the Human Resources Department can authorize users in each of several operating departments within the organization. In such cases, if the single-ad billing plan was selected, a consolidated bill could be sent which itemizes individual department charges.

How is "total employees in the workforce" defined in determining monthly access rates?

"Total employees" is defined as the total of all full-time and part-time employees authorized (funded) in the organization's current budget or table of organization.

May units within larger organizations have independent access privledges?

Yes. For example, the access fee for a police department with a total of 900 employees, in a city with a total workforce of 3,000 employees will be based on the lower workforce number and job listings will be restricted to the police department only. Listing jobs in other city departments would require paying additional access fees.