North Carolina Justice Academy Job Bank - List all CJ  job openings in NC

Some Starting Points: 

There are some unusual job titles in the CJ field, so be sure to make note of the Occupational Outlook Page for sample job descriptions, working conditions, and salary info.  For law enforcement careers, you might also want to familiarize yourself with the Reciprocity Handbook which contains POST Standards for NC and Other States.

Additionally, you might want to visit Dr. Carlie's AdviseNet to find out where the field is going or one of the more Insider's Guides such as Policecareer.com or the New Blue Line.  If you're thinking about continuing on with graduate school instead of getting a job, consider contacting one of the ASC's E-mail mentors at the ASC E-Mail Mentor Directory.  For those interested in forensics, check out the American Board of Criminalists collection of FORENSIC SCIENCE GRAD SCHOOL PROGRAMS.  For advice on how to prepare for Crime Lab work, see the FORENSICPRESS site.

Additional Law Enforcement Related Job Sites:

(See CALEA for a list of accredited police agencies and APAI for a 1996 list of agencies requiring the 4-yr college degree).

• Cop-Spot List of Law Enforcement Jobs - Snazzy page by owner of a Web Ring. It's a popular site with a very helpful webmaster.
• Cop Career Center  - Fairly new page of indexed jobs.
• Criminal Justice Archive  - Helpful page devoted to finding/indexing available jobs.
• International Association of Crime Analysts - This site has a jobs board as well as other information.
• Jobs4police.com - An effective guide and "hot jobs" listings in top departments, a free service.
• National Directory of Emergency Services  - Police and Fire jobs listed here. Good source of information on a nationwide scale.
• NC Police Job Hunting Resources  - Weaver's page is great. You can search newspaper ads.
• NC Law Enforcement Jobs Bank  - The old NCJA BBS, updated weekly.
• Police Guide Employment Pages  - Another popular site that tries to list only current job openings. Regularly updated and maintained.
• Public Safety Recruitment  - A fee-based service. This is the newsletter you often see on bulletin boards around college campuses.
• State Police Information Center  - Another fee-based provider of state and federal careers.
• Law Enforcement Careers  - Publishers of state and federal career, testing & interviewing guides.

Police Departments That Usually Have Open Recruitment:

• The U.S. Customs Service has open periods of recruitment, usually around October or so.
• Border Patrol The online application for the Border Patrol (INS), the fastest growing agency in Federal law enforcement. Most agency sites simply give you a toll free number when they have their "open periods", but these people have put their application form online. Also see: the Unofficial Border Patrol web site.
• FBI Personnel and Employment Information and statistics on recruitment, hiring, salaries, and other things.  
• Park Rangers A list of places to get certified with seasonal training providers to obtain employment with the Park Rangers. Also see Park & Summer Camp Jobs for another link to outdoor and/or seasonal employment.
• What's on the Net A mega-list of links to federal jobs, some city police, some legal.

Federal Gateway to Jobs Quick access to some information which is free (example: the U.S. Marshals when they have an "open period"). This place charges ten bucks ($10) for their exam prep booklets and other stuff, which doesn't seem like a bad deal. Of course, OPM will send you exam prep materials free anyway, which in most cases, is more than adequate, but this place is also starting to sell booklets for state-by-state trooper jobs and correctional officer exams. An even better FREE link is at Govtjobs.com.

Recruitment Pages of Federal Agencies This site claims to index these pages for as many federal agencies that do this, but in most cases, the links take you to the agency page.

State Police Information Center Don't let the name fool you; this site has guides to both state and FEDERAL employment, e-mail services, booklets for sale, and the occasional free information, like when the U.S. Marshal's have an open period.

Federal Jobs at OPM The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the official Personnel Office for all federal agencies. Their HUGE jobs page is at usajobs. You need to make note of the vacancy announcement and any supplemental qualifications statement for each job title you're interested in along with the 6-digit control number for the vacancy announcement. To browse through the announcements, it may help to know that criminal justice careers are split into two categories: both Professional Careers and Entry Level Professional Careers. Another way to browse is via Fedworld's FTP site. If this link works, you should start seeing all federal job announcements for the North Carolina area on your screen. For other parts of the country, try Fedworld's Search Site. If you get caught up on a page that keep asking you for a code number, try a series of nines, like 999, and this should let you in. The database is updated every Tuesday thru Saturday at 9:30am EST. You will need Form OF-612 and a resume to apply for most federal jobs. If you have trouble downloading the form, you may find it helpful and convenient to visit one of the regional OPM Service Centers to pick up the form. The nearest one is located at 4407 Bland Rd., Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27609 and the phone number is 919-790-2817.

Court-Related Jobs:

The Legal Employment Search Site  - Plan to spend at least half a day with this one. Lots of links.
Quid Pro Quo's List of Legal Jobs  - A site designed to help law students & job seekers.
The ABA's Internships and Jobs site - Helpful page with legal and nonlegal resources.

Correction-Related Jobs:

Corrections Connections  - The premiere corrections-related site devoted to nationwide coverage.
The ACA Jobs Bank  - Job listings from this professional association.

NC Division of Corrections jobs  - Correctional job openings in North Carolina. For Central Prison Positions (C.O., Food Service, Maintenance) go to 1300 Western Blvd, Raleigh or Call 919-733-0800 

OTHER STATES: Massachusetts, Florida, NYS C.O.'s Information Page  - Correctional jobs openings/issues in New York State area.

JailNet State-by-state information at this well-organized site.

North Carolina: 

(Note:  You will need State Form PD-107 to apply for most State Jobs.)

• NC Career Center A welcome to employment in NC page.
• NC DCCPS Vacancies Investigative titles and other jobs.
• NC SHP Recruitment Highway patrol (trooper) and other jobs.
• NC Division of Corrections jobs Correctional job openings page.
• NC Employment Security Commission The Labor Department's Job Bank.
• NC Job Source One-stop shopping for all NC jobs.
• NC Justice Academy Links Links to many other employment sites.
• NC Law Enforcement Jobs Bank The old NCJA BBS, updated weekly.
• NC Office of State Personnel This is the main Personnel Office for all state jobs. You will need a copy of Form PD-107 which is available at their application site
• NC Police Job Hunting Resources Weaver's page is great. A wealth of resources.
• SBI Job Bank Crime Lab technicians, Investigators, Analysts wanted.
• Universities: Duke, ECU; NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill
• NC Community College job vacancies

General Sites:

Net Temps (ADVICE, JOBS) A good site for beginners to online job searches. They have an extensive database which is updated every 24 hours.

HeadHunter.net (JOBS) This is a great place to post your resume for free, and look at over 200,000 fairly executive-level jobs in a variety of fields. The companies that post the ads are usually employment search agencies or executive recruitment firms, but in many cases, it's the agency itself looking to find someone for a hard-to-fill position.

NationJob Network (ADVICE, JOBS) An online job listing service rated as one of the top 5 in this area. They have a variety of services for job seekers, extensive specialty sites by occupational area, and job openings and company information for thousands of employers worldwide.

Monster.com (ADVICE, JOBS, RESUMES) A frequently pointed-to large site that allows you to post your resume and do other things that employers will notice (follow the "hype"). They have a geographic-based jobs database, some advice pages, and other unique information. Tends to absorb resume-posting sites like America's Job Bank  and the CareerWeb which get their information from state employment bureaus.

If you're not into posting your online resume and just want to browse, try one of the HUGE, but lamer sites, such as: Career Magazine (the best of this group), CareerNet, CareerSite, or JobTrak. These will provide you with enough links to keep you busy for days. Career Magazine, for example, scans Usenet Newsgroups and provides Forums to ask questions. JobTrak might require you contact your College Career Office for a password.

If you're ready to POST YOUR RESUME (congratulations if you are, because 80% of people wimp out at this stage), then here are the places to go. Don't dismiss the ones I've listed as "partially fee-based" because they might be free to you, but cost the employer to look. Sites with revenue sources usually do a better job of presenting your stuff.

• Career Mosaic (free resume posting)
• The Monster Board (free resume posting & online applications)
• Career Magazine (a searchable resume bank)
• Recruiters Online (partially fee-based resume posting)
• Career Connections (accepts online "profiles" of yourself)
• JobBank USA (partially fee-based resume posting)
• Job Center (claims to be a technology and career portal)
• Net Jobs (Canada's premiere job-hunting site)
• Southeastern-Atlantic Coast Career Network (free resume posting by major)
• WWW Employment Office (fee-based resume posting)
• FREE-LANCE Jobs and Free Jobs for free-lancers

Books About Internet Job Searching:

Dixon, P. & S. Tiersten (1995) Be Your Own Headhunter. NY:Random
Glossbrenner, A. (1995) Finding a Job on the Internet. NY:McGrawHill.
Jandt, F. & M. Nemnich (1995) Using the Internet in Your Job Search. Indianapolis: JIST.
Kennedy, J. (1995) Hook Up, Get Hired. NY:Wiley.
Riley, M., F. Roehm & S. Oserman (1997) The Guide to Internet Job Searching. Lincolnwood.
Snell, A. (1995) The Job Seeker's Guide to On-Line Resources. NH:Kennedy.

Internships: 

During your junior or senior year you will take part in an important aspect of your career preparation--an internship.  An internship (in a local, State, or Federal agency) provides a forum to combine both your professional goals and academic interests.

All Campbell CJ majors are required to complete an internship (Crim 454).  Students seeking to enroll in Crim 454 must meet with the CJ internship director for approval and discussion of the nature of the internship.

Before meeting with the internship director, interested students should FIRST read the Internship Policy Statement.  Upon approval for an internship, students should complete the following documents:

• Application for Internship
• Internship Contract

Yes, there is a major research paper that must be completed in conjunction with the internship.  For paper requirements, format, & guidelines see:  "Guidelines for Writing Internship Papers."

If you already have an idea of where you want to do your internship, GREAT!  If not, don't worry.  Your internship director has a list of potential agencies that will welcome you (free labor is rarely turned away!).

Remember, many agencies are highly competitive and have application deadlines well in advance of the actual internship period or when you may wish to participate, so plan ahead!  Here are a some examples to give you an idea of the possibilities:

• The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA
  
• The North Carolina Justice Academy (NCJA) in Salemburg, NC
  
• US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (DOJ) in Washington, D.C.
  
• Federal CJ Internships - Great list maintained by the University of Central Florida 
  
• FBI Summer Honors Internship  (FBI)
  
• LE Internships - Good links to law enforcement & forensic internships maintained by Whitier College
  
• The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Washington, DC
  
• Institute of Government (IOG) - Paid summer internships, program administered through the University of NC at Chapel Hill.  For other State Government internships in NC, contact the Director of State Government Internships, 217 West Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 733-9296.
  
• National Listing of US Internship Positions  &  Rising Star - These sites serve as a clearinghouse for all types of internship positions in every major.  For internship possibilities out of the country, check out ideas from Action without Borders .
  

Well, as you can see, the possibilities are vast.  There are a great many more suggestions on file at your internship director's office.

Additionally, you may want to consider an extended internship through the American Studies Program in Washington, D.C.  The American Studies Program (ASP) is a semester-long internship/seminar program for upper division students in most majors.  Located in Washington, D.C., the program offers a non-traditional, inter-disciplinary, issue-oriented learning experience. Students gain on-the-job experience through an internship in the field of their choice and study current national and international issues in seminars led by Washington policy experts. ASP serves as Campbell's Washington campus and students may earn up to 16 semester hours of credit toward their degree. By exploring public policy issues in the light of Biblical truth and working in internships which help prepare them for a future in the marketplace, students gain insight and experience that can strengthen their ability to live and work in a Biblically faithful way in society and in their chosen field. 

Finally,

In almost all cases, it's best to initiate the process of obtaining an internship through your college or university's internship director.

• For other tips on making your internship a successful experience, try visiting the Online Student Center. 
• Also see Internet Resume Tips and Salary and Negotiation Strategies when you're ready to talk business.

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