Update Sheet for the current edition of the:

Government Job Finder, 3rd edition

New addresses and phones, terminated job sources, newly–discovered job sources

This Update Sheet can be printed from your Web browser by selecting “File” and then “Print.” Be sure to print out all pages.

Be sure to note these changes in your copy of the Government Job Finder. Continue to use this book until the next edition comes out in December 2006 or January 2007.

NOTE: The 1999 book, National Job Hotline Directory: The Job Finder’s Hot List includes hundreds of job hotlines for local, state, and federal government jobs. Because this book came out in 1999, its job hotline listings are more current than those in the Government Job Finder. If you want to make greater use of job hotlines in your job quest, you might be wise to get the National Job Hotline Directory: The Job Finder’s Hot List book to supplement your copy of the Government Job Finder.

Changes are listed by chapter and page in the current 1997–2000 edition of the Government Job Finder.

If you have discovered any other changes, discrepancies, or typographical errors that scurried by our proofreaders, please email the corrections to the author at dl@jobfindersonline.com. Be sure to specify which page of the book the errant listing is on. We will post these changes here and on the print version of this Update Sheet.

This latest Update Sheet was posted here on July 1, 2006.

Chapter 2 — Online job search

Page 29:
World Wide Web Worm, a search engine has been terminated. Cross it out.

Page 37: The Riley Guide has moved again to a new Internet location at URL: http://www.rileyguide.com.

Add: Job Source Network located at Internet URL: http://www.jobsourcenetwork.com offers a dizzying array of links to web sites you can use to find government jobs: job databases, resume databases, and directories. You can search for jobs by job title and location. It includes links to early every state’s job database.

Page 39:
Randall Hansen’s very valuable Quintessential Career and Job–Hunting Resources Guide has moved to http://www.quintcareers.com.

Chapter 3 —General sources for local and state
                      government jobs

Page 43: Add the following resource under “Job ads”:
Local Government Job Net (Local Government Institute, Suite E, 4009 Bridgeport Way West, Tacoma, WA 98466; phone: 253/565–6253) located on the Internet at URL: http://www.govtjob.net offers over 100 job openings in local government divided into the following broad categories: general management, human resources and risk management, information technology, finance and accounting, administrative and legal, community development, public works, public safety and criminal justice, leisure services, and health and human services. This valuable site also includes links to other local government employment sites. Individuals can advertise their availability under “Positions Wanted.”

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Non–Profit Organization Search is temporarily on hiatus. To learn when it will be continued, contact ACCESS or visit ACCESS' web site at URL: http://www.accessjobs.org.

Make the following changes in the listing for the Public Allies Program:
New address and phone: Suite 200, 1015 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036; phone: 202/822–1180. You can always find Public Allies on the Internet at URL: http://www.publicallies.org.

Chapter 9 —Environment

Page 72:
Environmental Opportunities has moved back to the east coast. You can contact it at: P.O. Box 1253, Edgartown, MA 02539; phone: 508/627–7418. When you use the discount coupon on page 317, be sure to use this new address.

The Caretaker Gazette has changed its subscription prices and moved to P.O. Box 4005, Bergheim, TX 78004; phone: 830/336-3939. You can see sample listings on its web site at http://www.caretaker.org. $29.95/annual subscription U.S., $35.95/elsewhere; $49.95/two–year subscription U.S., $61.95/elsewhere; $69.95/three–year subscription U.S., $87.95/elsewhere;  The number of job openings in the usual issue has nearly doubled.

Chapter 14 — Legal services

Page 94: We're sorry to report that the Lawyer's Career Transition Network has folded. Wipe it out. You should also cross out the coupon for it on page 318.

Chapter 16 — Media and the arts

Pages 111–113: Rachel P.R. Services has disappeared. Its phones in California and New York have been disconnected. We've written to it at its California and New York addresses, but have not heard back. So for the time being, assume that its considerable offerings are not available. These include PR Marcom Jobs West – Southern California, PR Marcom Jobs West – Northern California and Pacific Northwest, PR Marcom Jobs Mid–America, PR Marcom Jobs East, Job Bank Gratis, and The Source. You should also eliminate the coupon on page 320.

Page 112: Add to “Job Services,”the National PR Network at Internet URL: http://www.usprnet.com where you will find a plethora of helpful job–search tools that include government positions. Select “Employment” and where you can then choose the “Resume Directory” where you can electronically place your resume for public relations firms to see it. You cannot, however, keep your identity confidential. Scroll down to “Data Entry Forms” where you will find the “Jobs Mailing List.” Here you can subscribe for free to receive emails with job listings in public relations. For an interactive directory of public relations and ad agencies, go back to the home page and click on “PR Finder” which will link you to 2,500 communications industry web sites, public relations services, and associations.

Chapter 20 — Public administration

Page 137: The new address for HR News is: 1800 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

Chapter 18 — Planning

Page 118: The printed version of Job Mart is no more. The American Planning Association now posts job openings on its web site at URL: http://www.planning.org/ and in its flagship publication, Planning magazine. The website, however, is the best place to look for jobs in city and regional planning.

Page 119: GIS World recently moved to: Suite 100, 400 N. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524; phone: 970/221–0037.

Chapter 25 — Social services

Page 166: Social Work and Social Services Jobs Online   (George Warren Brown School fo Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO) has moved to URL: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/jobs/.

Page 169: Add the following:
National Directory of Children, Youth and Family Services 1998-1999 (Suite  D144, 14 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, CO 80112; phone: 800/343-6681) $119, published in even-numbered years; more details available at URL: http://www.childrenyouthfamilydir.com. Includes contact information on over 30,000 professionals who help troubled youth and their families; state, county, and independent city agencies and services; child protection services including 24-hour phone numbers, local, regional, and national hotlines, and juvenile justice officers; state level descriptions of how each state operates in social and human services, health services, and juvenile services.; resource section and buyers guide.

Chapter 28 — Savvy job sources for each state

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming:
It appears that the wonderful Rocky Mountain Employment Newsletter has ceased publication. We’ll let you know if we can confirm this as soon as we get confirmation. The phone number has been disconnected with no forwarding number listed.

CALIFORNIA:
Page 192:

 JobSmart: California Job Search Guide is now JobStar (Bay Area Library and Information System) free. On the Internet go to URL: http://www.jobstar.org/ and behold its wealth of job resources, focused on San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Try not to be overwhelmed. To find job openings in California, choose the appropriate link under the “Get to Work” column .You’ll find links to scores of job banks that list jobs of all types as well as a link to sites where bulletin board services with job ads are listed.

There’s still more at JobStar. You can get the phone numbers for over 500 job hotlines, mostly for private sector companies. That’s not all folks! You can find links to over 300 salary surveys by picking “Salary Info.” There’s also solid advice offered on all aspects of the job–search process.

Page 196: Under “State government jobs,” you are directed to the Internet to find a list of Job Service Offices in the paragraph that begins “Many state job opernings are listed….” The last sentence in that paragraph should instruct you to first pick “Job Service” before choosing “List of EDO JobService Locations.”

Page 206: We've just learned that the `State of Georgia has eliminated its civil service system. All employees hired since July 1, 1996 have no civil service protections. For full details, see pages 17–21 in the August 1997 issue of Governing: The Magazine of States and Localities (P.O. Box 420092, Palm Coast, FL 32142–9850; phone: 800/829–9105) monthly, $19.95/annual subscription (government employees), $39.95/all others, add $20/foreign. The article may also be posted on the Internet at URL: http://www.governing.com.

Chapter 29: Federal government

Page 278: We've got the table of 1998 federal General Schedule (GS) salary rates available by clicking here. You can see all the tables for individual metropolitan areas, find more federal job listings, learn about federal personnel policies, etc. visiting HRS Federal Job Search on the Internet at URL: http://www.hrsjobs.com.

Page 284: We don’t know what happened recently, but the Internet address in the sidebar at the top of the page about finding federal vacancies for in any state no longer works. We're trying to find out if this short cut is available at another address now. If you track it down, please let us know what the new URL is.

Page 285: Under “Job services,” add the HRS Federal Job Search on the Internet at URL: http://www.hrsjobs.com. At this site you can become a “subscriber” which will get emails sent to you almost daily with new federal positions that become open that fit your criteria. All–in–all, this is a rather worthwhile site to visit. You can also search for current federal vacancies, learn about federal personnel policies, and see current federal pay tables.

Budget–stretching discount coupons

Page 317: Environmental Opportunities has moved   to the east coast. You can contact it at: P.O. Box 1253, Edgartown, MA 02539; phone: 508/627–7418.

Page 318: The Lawyer's Career Transition Network has shuttered its doors. Cross out the coupon for it.
It appears that the wonderful Rocky Mountain Employment Newsletter has ceased publication. We’ll let you know if we can confirm this as soon as we get confirmation. The phone number has been disconnected with no forwarding number listed.

Page 319: Rachel P.R. Services has disappeared. Its phones in California and New York have been disconnected. We've written to it at its California and New York addresses, but have not heard back. So for the time being, assume that its considerable offerings are not available.

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