Accounting
Positions involving work related to accounting, budget administration, tax examining or auditing, or related financial management.

Administration and Program Management

Positions related to areas of program management or administration, including public administration, logistics management, program analysis, program management, etc.

Administrative Support

Positions related to general administrative, clerical, and office services, such as secretarial work, correspondence, mail and file work, operation of appliances and communications equipment, etc.

Arts

Positions involving the arts, including general arts, industrial design, interior design, museum studies, music, audiovisual production, photography, illustration, theater, etc.

Business

Positions related to business and trade practices, industry and commerce, economics, and production methods and processes.

Communications and Language

Positions involving communications, including areas that require writing, editing, and language ability, such as public affairs, public relations, outreach, editorial work, technical writing, and publications; or positions involving foreign languages, such as translations and interpretations.

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement

Positions related to inspection, investigation, enforcement, or compliance work concerned with alleged or suspected offenses against the laws or regulations of the United States.

Education and Training

Positions involved with administering, managing, or performing education or training work.

Engineering and Architecture

Positions related to engineering, architecture, or drafting.

Health Care

Positions involving work related to medicine, surgery, dentistry, nursing, dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy, pharmacy, health science, and related fields.

Human Resources/Equal Employment Opportunity

Positions involving work related to the various phases of human resources management, including recruitment; training and development; compensation, performance, and compliance management; benefits administration; employee-labor relations; etc.

Information Technology

Positions related to information technology (IT) systems and services, including computers, network components, peripheral equipment, software, firmware, services, cybersecurity, and related resources.

Legal

Positions involving legal work, including general legal administration, claims examining, copyright, patent, and trademark work, etc.

Library and Archives

Positions involving work in history, library, and archival sciences.

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Positions involving work in mathematics, statistics, or the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, etc.

Natural, Biological, and Veterinary Sciences

Positions involving work in the biological, environmental sciences, ecology, animal science, veterinary science, agricultural science, botany, forestry, geology, geography, etc.

Policy

Positions related to areas of policy, including policy strategy, analysis, and development.

Social Science and Social Service

Positions involving work in the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, social work, vocational rehabilitation, recreational activities, or administering public welfare and insurance programs.

Supply, Equipment, and Quality Assurance

Positions related to supply, inventory, distribution, equipment, facilities and services, quality assurance, inspection, or grading.

Trade, Craft, or Labor

Trade, craft, or labor positions involve the performance of physical work and require knowledge or experience of a trade, craft, or manual labor nature.

Transportation

Positions involving work in transportation, including transportation service, utilities, programs, or research and development projects.

 

Note: This list was developed based on the job series listed by USAJOBS, but some series were modified, separated, or combined to better match WRP student and recent graduate job areas. You can find out more by going to USAJOBS Federal Occupations by College Major.