Shortcuts to Your Post Office Job Introduction Searching and applying for jobs should not be such an ordeal. What is so difficult about looking for jobs and filling out applications online? In the private sector, it is no big deal. But you left the real world behind and entered a whole new dimension when you started thinking about a Postal job.

The opportunities, income, and benefits offered by the Postal Service are certainly worth it, but federal agencies exist in a make-believe land where real world rules do not apply. Due to programming glitches and chronic posting errors, getting the Postal job search function to actually work is a challenge. If you manage to find a job to apply for, confusing, contradictory, and incomplete instructions for creating a profile and submitting an application add to the problem. Then you must take one of their horrendous employment exams. Only the top three applicants are invited to interviews, so you must have one of top three scores for any chance whatsoever. The interview, if you make it that far, is unlike anything you have ever dreamed of.

That is where we come in. Our bestselling and performance-proven Postal job search, application, test prep, and interview guides lead you to success. Extensive research, a broad network of Postal contacts, over 25 years of experience, and constant customer feedback enable us to provide detailed step-by-step instructions. And we personally take their exams to assure the most up to-date and accurate info.

This is our job search and application guide. Our test prep and interview guides are separate publications.

For convenience and maximum effectiveness, this job search and application guide is broken down into chapters as follows.

Chapter 1About the New Hiring ProcessEmployment RequirementsSequence of EventsChoose a Job

Chapter 2Search Job Postings

Chapter 3Create an Account

Chapter 4Apply for Jobs

Chapter 5Take an Exam

Chapter 6The InterviewIf Not SuccessfulMilitary Veterans Benefits

As you progress through the guide, you may want to jump forward or backward between chapters for additional details on particular topics. In fact, we will occasionally suggest that you do so because the subject matters covered in various chapters are so closely related and intermingled.