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November 20th, 2008
Learn About Getting A Job With The Administration
Posted by abenamerTons of people have been trying to get to know more about the process of getting a job within the Administration. You may be happy to know that there are Asian organizations dedicated to getting Asian Americans into positions within the Federal Government. The hunt is on!
APIAVote held a great informational session on the 18th of November via phone conference with two former Clinton Administration staffers, Maria Haley and Bob Nash. The one thing I came away with is that it’s a full-time job looking for a full-time job in the Administration. Here are some quick points:
- You will have to summon up all your moxie to put yourself on the line for an appointment within the administration.
- Ok, there’s more than one thing. You need to get yourself immediately to the Plum Book. It’s the book that lists all the potential jobs that the Obama Administration has to fill during its tenure in the White House. Don’t worry, they’re almost never entirely filled. If you can’t get in on this round, you might just find the position opening up in two years or so.
- Learn about the kind of positions that the Obama Administration can appoint you to. Don’t try to get a position that is reserved for a career bureaucrat.
- Use all the connections you gathered during your time with the campaign.
Your participation in the campaign also plays a role in who gets selected to a position. Basically, you’re rewarded for your support of Obama during his campaign. Yeah, it’s not a meritocracy. It’s a nearly 200 year old political tradition, “to the victor goes the spoils“.
There’s a ton of information and I’m going to leave it to you to listen to the MP3 file that APIAVote posted shortly after this talk containing the phone conference.
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November 20th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Thanks for posting this, Allan!