Civil Service Exam & Public Job Watch

Why this is recommended

A New York City or state exam that opens for three weeks every four years, a direct-hire authority that skips the queue, or a locality pay increase are each career-sized. The Tab watches the filing calendars so the member files.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 22 million public employees and the people who want a job with a pension, a schedule and a step raise.

When it runs

Exam filing periods open on weekdays and close in two to four weeks; agencies post hiring events mid-week

Scope

Civil service exam filing periods for New York City and State, California, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the 25 largest cities; USAJobs surges, freezes and direct-hire authorities; USPS, transit, corrections, police, fire and 911 hiring events; GS, locality and state pay scale changes; PSLF and public pension rule changes; NEOGOV and USAJobs outages

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Civil service exam filing periods for the largest cities and states, federal hiring surges, freezes and direct-hire authorities, USPS, transit, corrections and public safety hiring events, GS locality and state pay scale changes, public pension and student loan forgiveness rules for public workers and application portal outages, with the agency or exam first and the deadline in the title.

Track public sector hiring in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: civil service exam filing periods opening or closing within 30 days for New York City and State, California, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the 25 largest cities, with title, salary and fee; federal hiring surges, freezes, direct-hire authorities and USAJobs changes; USPS, transit agency, corrections, police, fire and 911 hiring events and bonuses; GS, locality and state pay scale changes; PSLF and public pension rule changes for public workers; and NEOGOV, USAJobs and state portal outages. Prefer city and state civil service commissions, OPM, USAJobs, agency pages and established public sector reporting; ignore exam-prep marketing. Put the agency or exam first in the title with the deadline and the salary. Use high severity for a filing period closing within 10 days for a title with 1,000 or more openings, a hiring freeze, or a pay scale change. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is open, who qualifies, the pay, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.