Whether you are still in school or just starting out in your career, we have many opportunities for you to make a meaningful difference while building your skills. Get a job at the U.S. Department of Labor!
We work collectively to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States, improve working conditions, advance opportunities for profitable employment, assure work-related benefits and rights, and much more. Please review the Federal Occupations by College Major and How to Turn Your Education and Experience into a Career with DOL to help you determine what Federal Occupations correlate to your education. You can also find your federal career fit by taking the USAJOBS Career Explorer quiz. Whatever your interest, there's an opportunity at the Department of Labor for you.
If you do not see a program listed that matches your skills, interests, or timeframe, please visit USAJOBS (the federal government's official job site), for additional entry-level and student job opportunities
Pathways Programs
The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking bright, innovative, and results-oriented individuals to join our Pathways Internship Program. As an Intern, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job training and experience related to your field while pursuing your education. Internship can be seasonal (spring, summer, fall or year round). At the successful conclusion of this program, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a Federal career or career conditional position. Interns may work full-time or part-time schedules.
Ideal candidates for DOL internships are individuals pursing undergraduate or graduate degree programs in various fields (e.g. business administration, management, economics, public policy, political science, international relations studies, accounting, financial management, medical, information technology/information systems, human resource management, pre-law and law.) Candidates will be considered on the basis of the applicability of their education and experience.
The Recent Graduates Program provides developmental experiences in the Federal Government. It is intended to promote possible careers in the civil service to individuals who, within the previous two years, graduated from qualifying educational institutions with an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree as well as certificate from qualifying educational institutions. To be eligible, applicants must apply within the previous two years of degree or certificate completion except for veterans precluded from doing so due to their military service obligation, who will have up to six years after degree or certificate completion to apply. For more information about Federal employment information for veterans, go to OPM's Feds Hire Vets website.
Agencies have the option to post Pathways job announcements on USAJobs, agency career sites, or other job boards. Exclusive job postings are stored within USAJobs but do not appear in USAJobs searches. The postings below list the unique job posting URLs that are shared with targeted talent pools.
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Students and Recent Graduate Programs
The Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP) is a resource coordinated by the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of Defense. The program connects public and private sector employers with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to show their abilities in the workforce. DOL may use WRP to fill temporary and full-time positions in a variety of fields. If you are interested, inquire with your school's disability services or career services coordinator. For more information, visit the Office of Disability Employment Policy Workforce Recruitment Program.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has a student volunteer program that offers students an opportunity to experience and support our important mission to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. The programs are generally 8 to 10 weeks, and the work schedules are flexible. The program exposes students to DOL leadership and other officials.
Ideal candidates for DOL student volunteers are individuals pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree programs in various fields. Participating student volunteers must receive course credit, credit towards graduation, or financial aid equivalent to $15.00 per hour, or the minimum wage rate for the geographic area in which the work will be performed, whichever is higher. Positions may be full or part time, and in a variety of fields.
The Post-Secondary Student hiring authority is for students currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program at a four-year college/university or graduate school. This authority allows an agency to non-competitively appoint a post-secondary student who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an institution of higher education and pursuing a baccalaureate or graduate degree on at least a part-time basis to a temporary or term position at or below the GS-11 level. Appointments made under this hiring authority may convert a post-secondary student to a permanent appointment in the competitive service, within that same agency, without further competition if the student has completed the course of study leading to a baccalaureate or graduate degree and meets the qualification standards for the position to which converted.
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The College Graduate hiring authority is for recent college and graduate students who completed their degrees within the past two years. This authority allows an agency to noncompetitively appoint an eligible and qualified College Graduate to any position classified by OPM in the administrative or professional series at or below the GS-11 level to a permanent position.
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