Applying for Federal Jobs During a Federal Hiring Freeze: Exempt Federal Opportunities

Presented by: 

Adelle J. Dantzler, M.S.Ed., Certified Federal Job-Search Trainer/Career Coach 

March 21, 2025 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., ET 

What is going on with the federal workforce during the current administration? So much—and it changes every day! Learn about which agencies are affected by the federal hiring freeze and what federal opportunities are exempt. Learn how to search for federal positions in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and independent agencies, as well as the executive branch agencies that are exempt from the hiring freeze. During this session, we will also cover the basics of competitive service, excepted service, executive service, and political appointments in relation to the hiring freeze. 

In this webinar, you will learn to: 

• D​escribe the basics of the most recent federal hiring freeze to clients.​ 

• ​​Identify federal agencies that are still hiring despite the hiring freeze.​ 

• ​​Distinguish between how different categories of services are affected by the hiring freeze.​ 

Adelle J. Dantzler, M.S.Ed., Certified Federal Job-Search Trainer/Career Coach, has successfully helped thousands of federal, state, local government, and private-industry jobseekers over the past 20 years through conference presentations, practical workshops, career consulting, interview coaching, and collaborative resume-writing services. Having advanced from a GS3 to a GS15 through nine roles in 11 federal agencies duringa period of 35 years has supplemented Adelle’scertifications with behind-the-scenes knowledge and firsthand experience of how to write afederal job application. 

This one-hour webinar is $19.99 for members and $39.99 for nonmembers and does not qualify for 1 CEU. It will be recorded and distributed to everyone who registered, whether attended live or not.