New e-mail feature makes the hunt for federal jobs easier

A new feature added to the Office of Personnel Management's employment information Web site may make finding a federal job easier. OPM's latest feature to the USAJOBS Web site, USAJOBS by E-mail allows people looking for federal jobs to customize their job searches by creating an automated job search profile, choosing location, minimum salary and job title keywords. An e-mail is sent to the jobseeker as new job listings are added to the database that match the saved criteria. The e-mail messages include links to the vacancy announcements. "This new feature gives people a new tool to help find the career they want," said OPM Director Janice Lachance. Job search profiles are active for 120 days from the last time the search was created or edited and they can be edited or deleted at any time. USAJOBS lists federal job openings in the U.S. and abroad, and allows users to search by state, agency and occupation.