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Subject: "Working for the FBI"
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: austin777-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 01 Aug 2005 20:04 PDT
Expires: 31 Aug 2005 20:04 PDT
Question ID: 550640
How can I get a job with the F.B.I?
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Subject: Re: "Working for the FBI"
Answered By: landog-ga on 02 Aug 2005 01:14 PDT
 
Hi,
Thanks for your question.
As pinkfreud-ga already mentioned the best place to start is:
https://www.fbijobs.gov/.
"The FBI.  It is like no other career choice you've explored.  It's
challenging.  Compelling.  Important.  Whatever your background or
expertise, you will find an FBI future exceptionally rewarding because
the work you perform will have a daily impact on the nation's security
and the quality-of-life for all U.S. citizens."

Either as a special agent:
https://www.fbijobs.gov/jobdesc.asp?requisitionid=368

Or as a Professional Support employee:
https://jobs1.quickhire.com/scripts/fbi.exe/runuserinfo

The process is explained here:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan05/hired012805.htm 

Some books and other publications that may help you get more familiar
with the FBI's hiring process:
"FBI Careers"  by Thomas Ackerman 
http://www.911hotjobs.com/bookstore/pn53.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0613497368/102-2994734-5502532?v=glance

"John Douglas Guide to Careers in the FBI"
http://www.911hotjobs.com/bookstore/pn54.htm

"Guide to Homeland Security Careers" by  Donald B. Hutton, Anna Mydlarz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764123750/ref=pd_sim_b_4/102-2994734-5502532?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

"Ten Steps to a Federal Job: Navigating the Federal Job System,
Writing Federal Resumes, KSAs and Cover Letters with a Mission"
by Kathryn Kraemer Troutman, Laura Sachs
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0964702533/ref=pd_sim_b_3/102-2994734-5502532?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

FBI Pressroom
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan05/hired012805.htm


Personal stories (it always helps to personally know an FBI employee...):

"Osborne is a FBI Special Agent. "After obtaining my undergraduate
degree, I developed a friendship with a Special Agent with Alcohol,
Firearms and Tobacco (ATF). ATF is another federal law enforcement
agency. I became increasingly interested in his job. I loved to hear
about the various assignments and cases he was working and decided to
try it for myself," she said. In June 1990, she took the written
examination with the FBI. After approximately 9 months, she was
finally accepted and reported to the FBI training academy at Quantico,
Virginia."
http://www.getthatgig.com/dayof_specialagent.html

Last, but not least, is to have an education or former
military/political/academic/Law Service/Government background that is
in demand by the FBI.

Good Luck!
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Subject: Re: "Working for the FBI"
From: pinkfreud-ga on 01 Aug 2005 20:07 PDT
 
This looks like a good place to start:

https://www.fbijobs.gov/

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