How to get a government position by Anonymous
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"How to get a government position by Anonymous" is a practical guidebook and civil-service pamphlet written in the late 19th century. It explains how to enter U.S. government employment through the merit-based Civil Service, focusing on competitive examinations, application procedures, eligibility, and basic preparation. The guide highlights the stability and regular hours of government work, then explains how competitive rankings determine appointments and how to request applications for departmental, customs, and postal
services. It outlines eligibility rules (age limits, citizenship, character references, veteran exceptions, and physical fitness) and lists the personal details required on the application. It sets out strict examination conduct and marking procedures with a limited appeal process, and it specifies subjects for different roles—copyist, clerk, postal worker, carrier, and messenger—along with optional technical tests. General rules forbid political or religious tests and penalize fraud. Practical study advice stresses dictation practice, spelling, common abbreviations, U.S. civics, and especially arithmetic, noting that solid grammar-school skills, refreshed with focused review, should suffice. Short advertisements for related manuals and a novelty item close the pamphlet, followed by a brief transcriber’s note. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Title | How to get a government position |
| Original Publication | Boston: A. B. Courtney, 1896. |
| Series Title | Multum in parvo library, v. 3, no. 31, July 1896 |
| Credits | Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | JK: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: United States |
| Subject | Civil service positions -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76856 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76856-4 |
| Release Date | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 303 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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