Thread: Moving on up...

Send me a PM. I've got some contacts for you with your background in mind.

Just an update on the week so far.

1. Received an extremely flexible internship with a senior legislative officials office (will allow me to work around any full-time position I hopefully receive sometime soon).
2. Going tomorrow to sign a short term lease (Until Oct. 15th), on a place in Pentagon City.

All and all the week has been going fairly well. I am hoping my address change will help with the employment situation, as I am sure most probably think I'm crazy driving from Delaware each day.

Great to hear everything is going well for you. We may have to drag you to Bmore to come to a sonic meet with us to a eat and greet

Which office ?

*Warning...long post coming*
Update of sorts. I have happily been living in Pentagon Row since the beginning of September. My wife and I have signed a lease and we will be moving to the neighborhood of Del Ray, in Alexandria, on November 19th.

My job search has been going alright, but with wanting to end up in the government contractor world I am finding it is more about who you know. Needless to say I have been attending 2-3 networking events a week. Overall I have interviewed for a couple of positions, of course I cannot go in-depth, but it has always come down to me and one other candidate. Unluckily for me that other person has always already had their security clearance. That is one hurdle I am unfortunately unable to overcome, without having a Federal Department or other organization sponsor me. So this is where I ask for help of sorts. If anyone knows currently works within a contracting organization, or knows of someone who does, and would be able to personally pass my resume along that would be fantastic.

I am currently looking for a position with a government contractor firm. Position wise I am looking for something in the program analyst, policy analyst, research (analyst, assistant, etc.) lines, but in general I am open to anything.

Short synopsis of my background:

Masters of Public Administration and Policy Analysis May 2010
Focus: Homeland Security and Terrorism

Bachelor of Science in Political Science May 2008
Focus: International Relations and Nuclear Non-proliferation

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, (SIUE), Edwardsville, IL
Graduate Assistant, May 2008 – May 2010
- Provided help desk support to the campus community through defining and fixing a number of hardware and software problems.
- Helped manage and direct undergraduate student workers in resolving advanced technological issues.
- Created and maintained the Open Journal System web portal, and managed the online database.
- Participated in initial conference with Open Journal System administrators to better understand their needs and assisted all journal users with any difficulties that arose.
DOW FEDERAL(EEOICPA) LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH, St. Louis, MO
Researcher, June 2007 – April 2009
- Worked with previous Senator and now U.S. President Barack Obama’s Deputy Director and Representative Shimkus’ District Director to further develop atomic worker cases, EEOICPA program, and Federal policy.
- Canvassed online database systems (THOMAS, DOD, Army Corp., Lexis-Nexis, etc.), archives, and oral histories, while interpreting the law and policies in order to further extend and develop the overall programs reach.
- Monitored Legislative and Presidential Advisory Board meetings on topics or decisions related to the local compensation cause.
- Conversed with and formulated written correspondence to Federal Departmental officials.
- Delegated research and mediated correspondence between Legislative officials, Federal Departmental officials, and workers being compensated.
VINCE DEMUZIO GOVERNMENTAL INTERNSHIP, Springfield, IL
Illinois Department of Central Management Services, Procurement Agency
Intern, September 2007 – May 2008
- Compiled the Public Accountability Report and Quarterly Management Budget for the Governor’s Office.
- Collaborated with an array of Central Management Service’s agencies in obtaining various input, output, and outcome metrics.
- Worked with a variety of states to update the Department of Central Management Services metrics in order to achieve better operational efficiency.
- Updated the State of Illinois’ small business contracts Microsoft Excel database, through scanning in new entries, and linking .pdf files.

Certificate
United States Department of Defense Anti-Terrorism Training Level 1


Also, feel free to add me on linkedin or send me a pm for my full resume.

Huge thanks to the community on this one.

~JV

did you ever talk to cliff? he could likely give you some good advice. also, APG in aberdeen is going to have ALOT of contracting jobs here soon. the deen is the hotness! all the cool people are living there

I did talk to Cliff. He actually sent my resume off to a couple of people that he knows and provided me with a recommendation on a Federal agency to apply with.

Thanks for the info on APG. I will make sure to check the positions out, but I'm thinking the commute wouldn't be very fun. I've previously commuted ~2 hours each way for my internship, so if need be I am definitely up for and use to longer commutes.