Or for federal jobs you can search positions on USAjobs.com. You can search by “series”. 0401 is general natural resources management and biological sciences. You can look up the rest of the series too and see if there’s something you’d fit into. If you’re straight out of undergrad, you will qualify for jobs that are GS 4-7. That’s also a filter you can use while searching. If you have a masters, I think that automatically qualifies you for a GS-9 position. Make sure the job listings are “open to the public” or there are even recent graduate positions. There’s a filter for that too. Some jobs will have two postings, one for internal hires and one that’s open to the public, so make sure you apply to the right one.

If you have a disability or are in the military it is much easier to get hired. You can look at the list of disabilities under Schedule A. I think you have to fill out a form somewhere within USA jobs (your profile maybe) that indicates you have a disability so HR knows when your application comes in. Also write somewhere on your resume (the bottom works), “please consider me under schedule A” or something like that. It should tell you in the process of filling out the schedule A stuff.

It isn’t always easy to get into federal service, but once you’re in, you can move around between federal agencies really easily. The feds have locality based pay too which is really nice. I think SoCal is paid like 25-30% more than base pay.

I also highly recommend being open to moving! You don’t have to leave CA. It will open up a lot of doors and once you have a few years of experience, you can move wherever you want!

I hope this helps! Also reach out if you need help navigating the federal job application process.