Federal Government Opportunities
Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
Roanoke College is now a registered participant in the Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP), co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Diversity Management & Equal Opportunity. This is a recruitment and referral program that connects public and private sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. The WRP provides students and recent graduates with disabilities in all fields of study the opportunity to market their abilities to a wide variety of potential employers across the United States, sharpen their interviewing skills during a required phone interview with a WRP recruiter, and gain valuable skills, experience, and contacts on the job.
Applicants for the program must: have an intellectual disability, severe physical disability, or psychiatric disability which makes the candidate eligible to use the Schedule A hiring authority; and be a U.S. citizen; and be enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education on a substantially full-time basis to seek a degree, OR be enrolled in such an institution as a degree-seeking student taking less than a full-time load in the enrollment period immediately prior to graduation, OR have graduated from such an institution within the past year.
The WRP is run on an annual basis and requires applicants to have a phone interview with one of their recruiters. The interviews take place from October through mid November of each year. The WRP is coordinated at Roanoke College by the Office of Career Services, with the assistance of the Disability Services office. Interested students should contact Career Services at the very beginning of the Fall Semester if they wish to become part of this program. More details are available upon request in Career Services.
Partnership for Public Service and the Call to Serve
Roanoke College is proud to be a participant in the Partnership for Public Service and the Call to Serve initiative. As such, we are committed to providing activities to educate students, staff and faculty about the many federal opportunities for students and graduates. If you are looking for a place to launch a successful career and where you will have a role in addressing our nation's biggest challenges, then take a closer look at federal service. Visit www.gogovernment.org to view entry-level openings and federal internships, search by major to find job profiles that fit your skills and interests, get tips to find and apply for federal jobs and internships, learn how the government can help repay your student loans, and find ways to earn a good salary, get great benefits, and still have a life outside of work! Interested candidates may search current vacancies on: www.usajobs.gov, or at www.usajobs.gov/studentsandgrads.
Federal Agencies
Following is a partial list of Federal agencies, with web sites for those individual agencies. You are encouraged to visit the agency web site for descriptions of career opportunities, to find out employment requirements, and to make a contact with the hiring specialist for the respective agency.
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, National Guard, Navy, & Space Force
American Indian Higher Ed. Consort.
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Transportation Security Administration
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Foreign Service
Independent Federal Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
International Trade Commission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Credit Union Administration
Office of Personnel Management