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How to Search for Jobs
Smart Search
There is no question effective searching requires practice (as you may have found the first time you used Yahoo or Google and did not get what you expected.)
There are several facts that will help you with an effective search:
1. Remember, your search will only yield 100 random results. Anytime you see: "Search Result: 100 hits", you can be sure you are not seeing all job postings
2. There is no way to see results 101-999 by repeating the search.
3. Use the reset button before every search. If you do not use the reset button, criteria from a prior search may affect the outcome.
4. Don’t choose too many criteria. It is better to do multiple searches than to try and include all the criteria in one search.
5. Do not select anything in | Contract Type
6. In Full Text Search | Search for
Do not use quotes ("or ‘ )
Do not use the words ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘not’
If you wish to use multiple words, use the | Search Method dropdowns [to specify ‘AND’, ‘OR’ ‘PHRASE’ and use spaces between each word.
Here is an example of one search question and how it was solved:
Q. I’m confused about searching. I am interested in a Postmaster Level 24 job in Wisconsin. I can find it when I do a search by State, but we cannot find it when we Search for "Service-Wide" or when we Search for "Postmasters" or when we Search for "Level 23 +". Why not? I would think you should be able to get it by any of those searches.
A. When you perform a search only 100 random job postings are shown to you. You entered | Search for service-wide.
There are more than 100 job postings Service-wide . Therefore, a search for "Service-wide" will not yield all the job postings.
A search for "Postmaster" yields more than 100 random Postmaster job postings. Therefore you will not see all Postmaster job postings.
When Local Services makes selections for the search they may only choose one selection for | Hierarchy Level. For PM jobs they will almost certainly choose "Postmaster" and not "Senior Management EAS 23+". Therefore, if you are looking for a Postmaster job, choose "Postmaster," and specify the state in which you are looking for a postmaster position.
In the Wisconsin example you gave, there were only about 40 jobs - so all Wisconsin jobs were displayed. Usually, you can look by state and see all jobs in that state. Check to see if there were "100 hits" – if not - you are seeing all the jobs.
How else can you find your job?
1. | Search for postmaster service-wide
Selection Method (All words AND)
2. | Search for EAS-24
Selection Method (Only these words (PHRASE)
Hierarchy Level Postmaster
3. | Search for [the city name]
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