1.  Use the Internet:
Use your personal internet access regularly to access this federal job-hunting web site:

www.usajobs.opm.gov
(search under “job openings”)

Also use www.vacareers.va.gov for certain medical professional occupations such as physician, registered nurse, nurse anesthetist, physician assistant, dentist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, etc.

2.  Disabled veterans, Purple Heart Recipients unremarried widow/widower of deceased veterans:
You will need to submit a Standard Form 15, Application for Veteran Preference, and the forms and documents required by the SF-15.  For disabled veterans, this means an updated (dated within the last 12 months) civil service disability verification letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Please call 1-800-827-1000 to obtain such a letter.

3.  Testing-designated positions:  All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing-designated position are subject to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to employment.  Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied VA employment.