Civil Service Employment - Fort Lewis (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) Washington

Fort Lewis

  

Civil Service Jobs & Employment - Fort Lewis (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) Washington. There are numerous civilian employment opportunities at Joint Base Lewis–McChord. These civil service positions provide support services for Department of Defense (DoD) operations, training programs, military personnel and their families. 

Applications from the public are being accepted. 

Civilian job opportunities exist across a broad spectrum of skills and duties. Qualified U.S. citizens are encouraged to apply for these positions.  

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  • This is an essential guidebook for correctly navigating the federal hiring process and getting selected. 

 Guidebook: How to Get a Civil Service Job at a Military Base

Joint Base Lewis–McChord is home to a number of U.S. Army and Air Force organizations along with numerous other military units located in the Washington State area. JBLM has more than 45,000 military and civilian workers. A few of the defense agencies now hiring (or projected to hire in the near-term) at Joint Base Lewis–McChord (Fort Lewis) include:

  • Headquarters, I Corps (U.S. Army)
  • 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command (U.S. Army) 
  • 627th Air Base Group (U.S. Air Force) 
  • Navy Cargo Handling Battalion FIVE  
  • 23rd Combat Logistics Battalion
  • Nonappropriated Funds (NAF) positions base-wide
    • Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)   
    • Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) 
  • 311th Corps Support Command (U.S. Army) 
  • Madigan Army Medical Center  

  

Seven Keys to Getting Hired for a Federal Civil Service Position:  

  1. Knowing how to find those position vacancies for which you are best qualified and most likely to be hired. 
  2. Understanding how the federal civil service application and hiring process works (you must know the rules of the game!) 
  3. Correctly setting up your own personal USAJOBS employment account. 
  4. Knowing how to create a "high-scoring" federal resume (federal resumes are very different from corporate resumes.)
  5. Knowing which "Key Words" to use in your resume and application package.
  6. Knowing how to correctly answer "Supplemental Questions" required for many position applications. 
  7. Knowing how to "ace" a federal job interview - it helps to know what to expect and how to prepare so you outshine the other candidates.   

   

Categories of Federal Civil Service Occupations

   

 USAJOBS Website 

  

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