By Adam Zaremski
On Sept. 28, the Career and Development Center at Buffalo State College hosted a government jobs application fair during the “Careers that make a difference” week. The fair had a panel of three speakers explain the basics of where to find job listings and some benefits involved.
One of the speakers, Laura V. Ortiz, a BSC graduate who has worked with the Army Corps of Engineers for the last 18 years, said students interested in starting the process should look at the Web site http://www.studentjobs.gov.
The site is meant to help current or graduating students begin their resume and look for jobs that are specifically for students.
Ortiz said students should be prepared to wait a couple of months once an application is turned in because of processing time.
Lisa A. August, associate director for the center, said these types of jobs are open to every type of degree, not just criminal justice and political science majors.
“Government jobs can take you places you never thought you’d go,” August said. “It surprises many people with the opportunities out there,” August said.
Archie Amos, a common council member for the state, said jobs are available all over the country. A little flexibility is required, he said, since some job positions are only available in a certain area.
There are 171,000 state employee positions available in New York, with 78,000 in the Albany and New York City area, Amos said.
The Partnership for Public Web site, which aims to help people find government jobs, has said over 250,000 jobs will become available for students in the next two years because of people retiring and moving on to fill up homeland security positions.
Some recommended Web sites from the job fair are:
Adam Zaremski can be reached at sligum13@netscape.net
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