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Careers

Our Hiring Mission

Join the Selective Service System’s team of energetic, career-minded professionals! The Selective Service System offers an opportunity for motivated individuals with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic to launch or continue a career in public service.

Our fast-paced environment consists of challenging and rewarding work, training opportunities, and the potential for advancement. The Selective Service System offers competitive wages, the Thrift Savings Plan with matching funds (similar to a 401k savings program), extensive health care benefits (dental and vision coverage available), paid vacation time, and a host of unique work-life benefit options that include telework options as well as alternate and flexible work schedules for most positions.

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Job Openings

EEO & Disability Programs

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program

Our policy is to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or reprisal. Equal employment opportunity principles govern all aspects of the agency’s personnel policies, program practices, and operations.

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Disability Programs

Selective Service is committed to employing and retaining individuals with disabilities to be part of its diverse and dynamic workforce. We hire these individuals using the Schedule A excepted hiring authority. The agency also has a disability program to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, whether it is for an applicant or an employee.

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Veterans

To assist veterans seeking employment, Selective Service joined other federal agencies committed to taking extra steps to hire them through the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) VA for Vets program. This program aligns with President Obama’s executive order establishing an interagency council on veterans’ employment to promote opportunities for veterans and meet the federal government’s staffing needs for highly skilled individuals.

For more information on VA for Vets, please visit their website:

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Internships

Pathways Programs

Selective Service’s Pathways Programs provide opportunities for students and recent graduates to be considered for federal employment through:

  • Selective Service Pathways Intern Employment Program;
  • Selective Service Pathways Recent Graduates Program; and
  • Selective Service Pathways Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Programs

For more information regarding Pathways Programs, please contact our team at Information@sss.gov.

Please Note:

  1. All Pathways Programs positions will be posted to USAJobs.
  2. Applications for Pathways Programs positions will only be accepted through USAJobs.
  3. Candidates will be assessed based on valid, job-related assessments for all positions related to the specific Pathways Program, using OPM qualification standards and in accordance with the requirements of 5 CFR Part 302.
  4. Qualified candidates will be rated and ranked under category rating procedures.
  5. Veterans’ preference will be applied appropriately, in accordance with 5 CFR Part 302.