Article Title: Cool jobs: Postal Service stamp development manager Article Snip: "I have four art directors who work for me, and I'm an art director too," Terry told me, and their collaboration is the first step in a new stamp design. "We come up with the designs, working with some leading illustrators; we take it back to the [Citizen's Stamp Advisory] Committee; then it's taken to the Postmaster General, and he [can] approve it." Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com
Beware of websites claiming they can help you get hired by the U.S. Postal Service
Article Title: Beware of websites claiming they can help you get hired by the U.S. Postal Service
Article Snip: " open job positions, according to the U.S. Postal Service, currently are a rarity.
"We're offering voluntary, early retirement to about 160,000 employees," said Gerald McKiernan, a spokesman for the postal service."
Reference: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/16/business/fi-consumer16
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Younger Job-Seekers Have It Worse "...On the other hand, health care jobs are up 2.8 percent over the last year, the same gain they showed in the previous year. And federal government hiring, outside the postal service, has risen at a 4.7 percent rate over the 12 months, the fastest growth of the Bush presidency...."
Reference: www.nytimes.com
