Working for the man
Nick Lehwald
Issue date: 11/16/06 Section: News
Last Thursday, Nov. 9, JSU hosted the Federal Application Workshop, which teaches seniors and graduate students how to apply to work for the federal government, specifically the Department of Defense, when they graduate.
The workshop was held in the basement of the Houston Cole Library at 3 and 4 p.m.
While there, students were taken step-by-step through the resume uploading system Resumex. This program holds all applications submitted to the Department of Defense.
During the workshop, representatives from the Civilian Human Resource office at the Anniston Army Depot taught students how to build a proper resume, pick where they want to work and upload their resume into Resumex.
"We have positions available all over the world. Our three overseas options are Korea, Germany and Alaska," Assistant Human Resources Director Janet White said.
All civilians who want to work for the Department of Defense must go through the Resumex process. Any veteran who wants to work as a civilian goes through a different and more direct process and also has preference over civilian candidates.
Of the positions available, many of them are typical blue collar jobs, such as mechanic, painter, plumber and general repair man.
Such jobs are essential to the smooth workings of our armed forces because their primary task is to maintain and overhaul military equipment coming from or going to Iraq or other war zones around the world. They clean and repair soldiers' M16s, overhaul M1 Abhrams tanks and prepare the new Striker tanks for deployment overseas.
The civilian employees that are hired provide a critical service to our armed forces and country.
"We provide a service to commanders that allow them to meet their mission requirement," said Brenda Gurley, the personnel director at the Civilian HR office based in Huntsville.
To be considered, candidates for these positions must maintain a 3.5 GPA, have initiative, be dedicated to their tasks and able to shoulder responsibility.
The hiring process is ongoing, and there are currently 333 available positions at the Anniston Army Depot.
The workshop was held in the basement of the Houston Cole Library at 3 and 4 p.m.
While there, students were taken step-by-step through the resume uploading system Resumex. This program holds all applications submitted to the Department of Defense.
During the workshop, representatives from the Civilian Human Resource office at the Anniston Army Depot taught students how to build a proper resume, pick where they want to work and upload their resume into Resumex.
"We have positions available all over the world. Our three overseas options are Korea, Germany and Alaska," Assistant Human Resources Director Janet White said.
All civilians who want to work for the Department of Defense must go through the Resumex process. Any veteran who wants to work as a civilian goes through a different and more direct process and also has preference over civilian candidates.
Of the positions available, many of them are typical blue collar jobs, such as mechanic, painter, plumber and general repair man.
Such jobs are essential to the smooth workings of our armed forces because their primary task is to maintain and overhaul military equipment coming from or going to Iraq or other war zones around the world. They clean and repair soldiers' M16s, overhaul M1 Abhrams tanks and prepare the new Striker tanks for deployment overseas.
The civilian employees that are hired provide a critical service to our armed forces and country.
"We provide a service to commanders that allow them to meet their mission requirement," said Brenda Gurley, the personnel director at the Civilian HR office based in Huntsville.
To be considered, candidates for these positions must maintain a 3.5 GPA, have initiative, be dedicated to their tasks and able to shoulder responsibility.
The hiring process is ongoing, and there are currently 333 available positions at the Anniston Army Depot.
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