| Know Your Professional Group and Level
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Know your professional group (AS, EC, PE, FI, etc.)
- Consult the following links to learn more about professional groups:
- Occupational groups for the public service - Canada.ca
- Rates of pay for represented - Canada.ca
- Rates of pay for unrepresented and senior excluded employees - Canada.ca
- Ask your colleagues about their professional group.
- Contact people working in the field you are interested in by searching GCdirectory
- Look at the job advertisements on GC Jobs and add filters to your search or search for job titles (ex: finance).
- Tip: Look at the titles and salaries to give you an idea if this is an entry-level position.
Know Your Level (AS-01, EC-01, PE-01, FI-01, etc.)
Once you know your (groups), you need to know the levels you qualify for.
- Ask your colleagues!
- Look at the job advertisements on GC Jobs
- Add a filter to select your classification and start searching for the lowest levels.
- Look at the job ads and check the essential qualifications.
- If you meet the essential qualifications of the position, it means the level is right for you.
- This does not automatically mean that you can apply!
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| Appointment Processes
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Note: Students are not considered to be members of the public service.
- Advertised: Job postings on GC Jobs.
- External: persons belonging to the public service and others.
- Internal: persons belonging to the public service (students sometimes included).
- Non-advertised: Job postings are not posted (Networking)
- External: Everyone.
- Internal: persons belonging to the public service.
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| Types of employment
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- People who have never worked at the Government of Canada (GC)
- Government of Canada workers (external)
- To become a public servant
- For public servants (excluding people with a student or casual employment)
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| Start your career
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- As students, to become public servants you must seek:
- External Advertised Appointment Process:
- Check regularly for available jobs on GC Jobs and don't be afraid to apply if you qualify.
- Internal Advertised Appointment Process:
- Regularly review available jobs on GC Jobs and verify that students are eligible.
- External Non-Advertised Appointment Process:
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| Student Recruitment Programs
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| Graduate Recruitment Programs
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| Second Language
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| Find a job
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- Networking
- Participate in activities and committees to expand your contact network (Federal Youth Network, GC Students)
- Contact the resource persons in job offers on GC Jobs.
- Go to GC directory, search for departments that interest you, and search for keywords or branches that interest you.
- Get in touch with managers.
- Tip: Start a conversation and find things in common with the person, don't ask for a job right away.
- Tip: Learn about cold emailing techniques to communicate with someone for the first time. Improve your solicitation technique and learn from your communication mistakes.
- View job offers on GC Jobs (Applying for Government of Canada jobs: What to expect - Canada.ca), Career Marketplace : GCconnex, Facebook groups (see below), etc..
- Sign up for Facebook groups to share your CV and see available job opportunities
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