The decision process that produces a judgment for whether or not you are suitable for the security clearance required by your position.

Questionnaires commonly used by federal agencies to select top candidates. They vary in length, but may have anywhere from 20 to 100 questions in a varied combination of multiple-choice and short-answ [..]

A type of government pay system that combines grades from the GS system to create broader pay bands or “clusters.” They are less specific than the GS pay scale and are promotion-based. Each agency set [..]

A professional position that a government employee achieves after working as a career-conditional appointment for three consecutive years within government. As a career appointment, the individual gai [..]

Category rating is a method of categorizing job applicants as “Best Qualified,” “Well Qualified,” and “Qualified” based on their sets of knowledge, skills and abilities demonstrated in their applicati [..]

A category of employment that includes all employees in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Unites States government, excluding military employees, political appointees, and elect [..]

A category of employment that includes the majority of federal civilian positions. Individuals applying to federal positions that do not have a special, or excepted, hiring authority have competitive [..]

A federal monetary allowance given to even out difference in the cost of living for workers residing in over 600 locations overseas, including the states of Alaska and Hawaii.

A hiring authority that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) can give to Federal agencies for filling vacancies when a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates exists. This gives hiri [..]

Under the General Schedule (GS), this term refers to jobs listed under GS-1 through GS-7 pay scales. Most jobs from the GS-1 to GS-4 levels are clerical and administrative. GS-5 is reserved for those [..]