In these current economic times, many are desperately searching for employment. Even if you have survived the last wave of layoffs at your company, you are probably sitting there with the full knowledge that there really is no guarantee that you will survive the next.  So, you might be wondering, where are all the secure jobs (with good compensations)?  Where can they be found?  The answer to that is in the public sector--these jobs are government jobs or jobs at universities. Many are protected by unions, with guaranteed benefits and pension plans.

The problem with finding government jobs is that they are rarely found on the mainstream job boards, such as Monster.com or CareerBuilder.com — Don’t ask me why.

Therefore, I have gone out and done some research to amass for you several of the online resources featuring government-only jobs.  Here are a few: 

GovernmentJobs.com

GovernmentJobs.com is a pioneer in the online recruiting space with over 5,000 participating government agencies. The website is the only government sector job board created from the world’s foremost fully integrated recruitment, selection and applicant tracking system called NEOGOV Insight, designed specifically for public sector employers.

50StateJobs.com

Compared to GovernmentJobs.com, 50StateJobs.com is more comprehensive; it’s a list of all public job websites, from local governments to universities. However, it doesn’t list individual jobs; it provides links to local human resources websites. For example, to read all public jobs in California, you have to go through all 100 websites of California’s county and state agencies. This is the downside, as you may not have the patience or time to do that on a regular basis.

JobOversight.com

JobOversight.com lists only jobs that have salary information. Most jobs on JobOversight.com are public jobs in universities and governments, with some in the private sector. JobOversight.com links directly to job postings. It also makes your job-hunting life easier and fun; you can browse jobs by category, or location, or agencies. You can rate a job from Poor to Excellent; you can save a job as your favorite; you can even comment on a job.

For now, you’ll probably have more than enough to go on in your search for a job in the public sector, so best of luck!