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100 1 _aAnonymous
245 1 0 _aHow to get a government position
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMultum in parvo library, v. 3, no. 31, July 1896
500 _aRelease date is 2025-09-10
508 _aDemian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)
520 _a"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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: A. B. Courtney, 1896
653 _aCivil service positions -- United States
830 0 _aMultum in parvo library, v. 3, no. 31, July 1896
856 4 _uhttps://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:638437
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76856
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