Business Careers

Whatever your career interests may be, you can most likely work in that field in your community as a Forest Service employee.

An employee sitting in a cubicle wearing a headset and typing on a computer. — *Human Resources Specialist Chasity Brooks at the Albuquerque Service Center, New Mexico. USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres*

Human Resources Careers

We hire specialists to work in the following disciplines and more:

Staffing, classification, workforce planning.
Pay, leave, workers' compensation.
Performance management, awards.
Benefits, retirement.
Personnel suitability and drug testing.
Employee or labor relations, reasonable accommodation.
Operations, communications, data, reporting.

Day in the Life Spotlight

Discover the impact that a 12-person team of drug testing specialists has on 30,000 employees, the public, property and more. Check out the feature article: Ensuring safety and support. How the Human Resources Drug Testing Team helps to protect over 30,000 employees.
Inside the Forest Service article: Protecting employees, property, and the public: Serving as a drug-testing specialist.

Information Technology Careers

Meet Tara Chavez, a blind employee who has defied expectations and shattered barriers in the world of information technology. Tara's story is a testament to the power of diversity and the remarkable ways in which unique skillsets can shape the greater good.