USAJOBS is a centralized federal job board that evolved from requiring applicants to navigate numerous government websites. It now includes various tools for job search and application, focused on user experience. The document explains different job location concepts including geographical duty locations and areas of consideration.

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2. Early Day Web Sites
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5. What is USAJOBS?
• Started as a standard centralized job board for Federal job
opportunities
– Previously applicants had to search more than 450
individual government web sites
– Were often challenged by outdated paper and faxed
based applications
• Enhanced over the years to a applicant-centric job search
and apply web site that leverages a new open integration
framework to utilize many other tools such as assessments,
alternate sourcing, social media, reports and so on.
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6. Today
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7. Understanding Federal Job Locations
• Geographical duty location
– Official location (commuting area) of the position as
defined on the SF-50 (HR Staffing specialist)
• Geographical Area of Consideration
– Where applicants must live in order to be considered
• Duty Location
– Certified area for competitively sourced positions (HR
Staffing specialist)
• Job Location
– Where the Pin appears on a map is where I will be/want
to be sitting (Applicant)
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8. Scenario 1 – Oklahoma City, OK
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9. Scenario 2 – Paris France
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10. Scenario 3 – State Department
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11. Scenario 4 - Telework
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12. Scenario 5 – Location negotiated
upon selection
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