[I-O Psych] I/O psych internship & job opportunities with Arlington Co. Gov't

[Jeremy Bauer]

More opportunities from one of our alumns (Trey). This is definitely Dr.
Bauer recommended!

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Trey Trainum <ttrainum at arlingtonva.us>
wrote:

> Good morning Dr. Bauer,
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> I’m writing to pass on two positions we have open at Arlington County (VA)
> Government that I think your soon-to-be graduates and alumni would be very
> interested in.
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> *Assessment Center Intern:* The first position is an internship that is
> funded for *one year*, where the intern will help lead one of our
> promotional assessment center program for our county fire department under
> the supervision of our lead testing psychologist. This was originally my
> position when I started with the county last year, and I can say from
> experience that you learn a lot about assessment centers, testing, and
> selection. We require our applicants to have earned their master’s degree
> in I/O Psychology within the last year, or have met the requirements for it
> by the estimated start date of the job (July), so this job would be
> available to anyone who graduated in 2016, or will be graduating this
> spring or summer. Also note that this position pays a very competitive wage
> for an internship ($31,200 - $61,984 / yr), and all interns get full
> government health benefits and paid vacation.
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> *HR Analyst (Recruitment & Selection):* The other position open is a HR
> Analyst position with a focus on recruitment, assessment and selection.
> This is now my position since transitioning as an assessment center intern,
> so I can speak to this position as well. The primary focus of this position
> is writing job announcements and recruiting for open positions in the
> county, designing selection methods for screening candidates, assisting in
> the public safety (fire, police, sheriff) promotional assessment center,
> and also handling some organizational development projects. While this is
> not technically an entry-level position, from my experience those from an
> I/O background will be extremely advantaged compared to those with more
> work experience but do not have the I/O background, so I would highly
> recommend those who have graduated in the last 1-3 years to apply to this
> position, *ESPECIALLY* those with any job analysis or selection
> experience.
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> Speaking to the county and the area, Arlington County is located right
> across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. and certainly one of the
> best government municipalities to work for in the country. We’re
> well-funded, well-managed, and don’t have the budgetary stresses that a lot
> of other municipalities deal with. The county office itself is located
> right next to a Metro line which is our subway system, so you can either
> live in the city of D.C., or out in the Virginia suburbs and still take the
> train into work and not need to drive. Since Arlington is so close to D.C.,
> you’ll never run out of things to do on the weekends, so that is another
> selling point.
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> If any of your students or alumni have any questions regarding either
> position or otherwise, they can call me either one of my phone numbers
> below, or shoot me an email. As I said, I’m an SME for both positions so I
> can pretty much speak to both of them pretty well, and f you could, please
> post this to the I-O Psych listserv.
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> The* Assessment Center Intern *position can be applied to here:
> https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/arlington/jobs/1696759/
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> The *HR Analyst (Recruitment & Selection*) can be applied to here:
> https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/arlington/jobs/1548410/
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> Thanks Jeremy and hope all is well,
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> *Trey Trainum*
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> Human Resources Analyst (Selection & Assessment)
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> Arlington County Human Resources
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> Office: (703) 228-3514
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> Cell: (404) 319-5586
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> ttrainum at arlingtonva.us
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