PSPS Students

IMPORTANT INFORMATION DEADLINE July 1, 2008

***U.S. Department of State: Accepting applications for the 2009 Spring Student Internship Program We would like to inform you that we are still accepting applications for the 2009 Spring Student Internship Program. Please click here (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#SIP) for eligibility information, program description, and to start the online application process. Completed applications must be submitted by July 1, 2008. We appreciate your interest in a career with the U.S. Department of State.___________________________________________________________________

The links below represent most of the federal agencies which hire students out of college or graduate school. If you are interested in pursuing a career at the federal level we strongly urge you to become familiar with all agencies you are interested in joining now, and begin the application process early, since they all take time. Please contact Professor Dorling, Professor Tafoya or Professor Monahan for any questions you have about the process.

You must have at least a “B” average, or higher, clean record, plus great references.

FBI: Requires minimum three years experience after college to be a Special Agent. Will hire support personnel including analysts out of college. Exceptional backgrounds in Middle Eastern Languages are valued highly (Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Urdo) Chinese and Russian also valuable. Military experience, a Law Degree or CPA also very attractive to FBI

http://www.fbi.gov/

BATF (Will often hire out of college. Police experience is helpful.)

http://www.atf.treas.gov/

DEA (Will hire out of college.)

http://www.dea.gov/

Secret Service (Now usually want three years experience before hiring.)

http://www.secretservice.gov/

DCIS (Hires out of college but competition often comes from senior agents of other agencies who want to settle into more a normal work routine.)

http://www.dodig.osd.mil/INV/DCIS/

EPA OIG

http://www.epa.gov/oig/

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (previously Customs Will hire out of college.)

http://www.ice.gov/

State Department OIG

http://oig.state.gov/

EPA OIG

http://www.epa.gov/oig/

NASA OIG

http://oig.nasa.gov/

NCIS (Hard to get on. Will hire out of college.)

http://www.ncis.navy.mil/

Department of Labor OIG

http://www.oig.dol.gov/

Health and Human Services

http://oig.hhs.gov/

Federal Investigative Service (Linda’s agency)

http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Will hire out of college, especially if one speaks Spanish.)

http://www.cbp.gov/

Postal Inspection Service (Will hire out of college)

http://www.uspsoig.gov/

Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Will hire out of college.)

http://www.osi.andrews.af.mil/

Housing and Urban Development OIG

http://www.hud.gov/offices/oig/

Department of Transportation (OIG)

http://www.oig.dot.gov/

IRS (Usually want some accounting background. Will hire out of college.)

http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement/index.html

Veterans Administration

http://www.va.gov/oig/

General Services Administration OIG

http://oig.gsa.gov/

Agency for International Development. (Will hire out of college but would like some post college experience.)

http://www.usaid.gov/oig/

Department of the Interior OIG

http://www.doioig.gov/