Here is a list of links that ive collected, got most of them from TAP class.  As a Vet you also get extra points that give you priority.

Fed jobs
www.opm.gov     lots of fed jobs
www.avuecentral.com    don’t know about this one
www.usajobs.opm.gov    a lot of fed jobs
www.donhr.navy.mil     dept of the navy human resources
www.bls.gov   dept of labor
http://online.onetcenter.org       one stop shopping?

Resources
http://www.stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm  

Fed Job search engines
www.dod.jobsearch.org
www.federaljobsearch.net
www.goacs.org
www.navylifepnw.com

good stuff... i want to look at this.

20 years to retirement... and AA is getting old really fast

Quoted: good stuff... i want to look at this. 20 years to retirement... and AA is getting old really fast

whats AA?

My Father retired in 27 years from a State job in Ohio, with his three years 66-69 in the Army, covering the other three years. I always thought that was a nice "Thank You" for his service in Vietnam....

Quoted: Quoted: good stuff... i want to look at this. 20 years to retirement... and AA is getting old really fast whats AA?

American Airlines yes, 17 years later... I am in need of change

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And something I just thought of.  Your military service might qualify you for jobs that are only open to current federal employees.  There are a couple of veterans preeferences, VEOA, VRA, and others IIRC.  Take a look.  My roomate/landlord works at the hospital on post and he was only able to get the job because of his time in the Navy.  There is a contractor that is bitter because he can't get hired directly because the job isn't open to all.

I work for DOD as a GS scale civil servant. All my active duty time transfered over (11 years). I paid 3% of my total accrued active duty base pay to Uncle Sugar in order to get credit for retirement. Generally, your federal retirement is calculated according to this formula: 1% of your high-3 average pay times years of creditable service. If you retire at age 62 or later with at least 20 years of service, a factor of 1.1% is used rather than 1%. I have 15 vested, 24 to go until I reach 65 for a total of 39 years or 42.9% of my base pay. In addition I pay into the Thrift Savings Plan up to 12% of my annual income and Uncle Sugar kicks in 5%. Free money is always cool.

Also, as a federal employee you can draw a reserve or national guard retirement (you cannot draw an active duty retirement and a federal employee retirement due to a change in the law). So I will be able to "double dip" a little. Also government jobs are much more lenient towards military service. And you are very protected as a veteran when it comes time to make cuts. Essentially you will be the guy locking up the last building in the government.

I can attest to it; I served in Iraq with the 220th MP Bde. and now work with the Dept. Of Justice/Federal Bureau Of Prisons as a Correctional officer (my probationary is over in 14 days ); a lot of the guys that work with me, including some of the lieautenants are mostly former vets themselves; one of my best friends is an EX Army Ranger that served in Afghanistan and two of the other officers with me served in iraq, along with a couple of the Lieutenants.

I know the BOP is hiring a lot, specially here in FL (FCC Coleman); you can check the job listings at http://www.bop.gov/ under BOP Careers.

I found the job by coincidence over at USA Jobs and it pays good (at least for a single guy).

Another thing to watch for is internships with organizations like Homeland Security, TRADOC & Material Command.

Injured service members have an even higher preference for jobs at these places, however any vet should apply.  If they served honorably years ago, they still have a preference over the new highschool/college grad.

Check them out vets.  It's worth the time you put into the search.