Please help me…I am increasingly interested in politics. I am a recent college graduate looking for a way to find out what kind of government work would be best for me. I am applying to intern with an assemblyman, and I have thought of working on some campaigns…but I am kind of confused. What kind of internships are best or look the best on resumes for graduate school (in public policy?). I consider myself a democrat but I have applied for positions with Republicans. Does this really matter in the long run? I did an intership with the city planning department of my city but now I think I want to do some kind of legislative work. Any advice would be apprecciated thatnks!!
Working in a State or Federal Representative or Senator’s office is usually best for getting into grad school because their letter of recommendation will carry a lot of weight. If you actually want to run for an office I would recommend starting out at the State or Local level because that is where most Washington politicians started out.
Some people go along this line: Local School Board – City Council – County Board of Supervisors – State House of Representatives or State Senate – Federal Offices. This is a good line of attack because you are starting with a position that doesn’t take a lot of money to run for and you are getting local supporters. Each level up takes more money, more supporters, more name recognition, etc. Oh, prior to school board you can also get appointed to either City or County commissions. These positions are usually unpaid (maybe a small stipend) but they get you experience and name recognition.
If you work on someones election their support when you go up for election goes a long way with voters, especially if you are taking their place when they move up or term out.
My plan is to join up for the Volunteer Fire department while going to college (Community college), and my plan is to eventually get into a possible EMS unit, then transfer when i’m 21 or so to become a police officer. My ultimate goal is to become a State Trooper, or even part of a swat unit in the major city nearby. Any feedback on my plan?
I’m trying to figure out the way I want to go in life, thats why i’m still going to college. I figured going into VFD, EMS, then the law enforcement would provide more then enough ways of how to help my community.
The Fire department is a fantastic idea
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EMS is a for sure need of today’s departments nation wide
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State Troopers is in a different ball park
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Most troopers have military background with emphasis on security while in the service
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And even then they all have worked their way up threw the local police departments in rank and out stating notations on their records
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For they are a step below the FBI
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I am 22 and recently made a dumb mistake and got myself a DUI. I received PBJ(Probation before Judgement) How will this affect me joining the police department? Keep in mind when I join I will have a degree in Criminal Justice and plan on joining the baltimore city police department. How long will I have to wait before applying?
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A survey is carried out by the finance department to determine the distribution of the household size in a certain city. They draw a simple random sample of 1000 households. After several visits, the interviewers find people at home in only 653 of the sample households. Rather than face such a high non-response rate, the department draws a second batch of households, and uses 347 completed interviews in the second batch to bring the sample up to its planned strength of 1000 households. the department counts 3087 people in these 1000 households, and estimate the average household size in the city to be about 3.1 persons. Is the estimate likely to be too low, too high, or about right? Why?
Any data must be flawed and an accurate answer to you question is impossible.
If the parameters for any statistical study are flawed st the outset, then then whole study must be questionable.
The 347 alternative addresses may, or may not, be comparable.
It is therefore impossible to make any more than a guess. And guesses ain’t good enough in business.
Basically because there aren’t enough blacks on the force and the fire department they are forcing the city of Dayton, OH to dumb down their hiring standards read the article if you don’t believe me. Is there a way to sue the Department of Justice over this? I was all primed and ready to go for this exam (Honorable USAF Military Police Vet with Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice 3.53GPA) and with a LT on the force sponsoring me and now because of this my opportunity is stalled against a wall
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/11/ddn091108dojweb.html
Police officers need to be able to write coherent, detailed arrest reports. Whenever a city police force has dumbed down it’s recruitment test in response to the bias charge, the result has been city and district attorneys who have to drop criminal charges against defendants because the arresting officer’s report was so badly written as to be incoherent. What is the USDOJ going to say when the families of black murder victims start a hue and cry because the blacks who murdered their loved ones go free? Didn’t this already happen somewhere?
Does the USDOJ want the Dayton police force to emulate the enlisted ranks of the US Army, which has set a bottom IQ limit of 85 for enlistment? A person with an IQ of 85 is functionally illiterate. He/she cannot decipher a bus schedule, calculate a tip at a restaurant, use logic to build an argument, or plan ahead for the future. Are borderline retarded police officers what the citizens of Dayton want between them and anarchy?
Start a petition drive. You need so many signatures to get this on the referendum, the governor will take notice, and then it will finally end up, after going thru some other offices, State Senators, I guess and so on, to end up at the District Supreme Court I guess where they will change the enlistment qualifications. The governor may do all this himself. I don’t know. It’s a state thing if it’s just the police force. I think.
I am planning my department christmas party and i need to think of activities and places to have a pleasent dinner or lunch soon, this would be a work day, so personal time is not a issue.
Ideas that have been suggested are from ppl @ work:
Zoo (able to have dinner there 2)
Putt Putt
Paintball
Rock Climbing
Beach volleyball
Horseriding- Centennial Park (horse flu = the problem )
White Water Rafting
These people aren’t all that open to snacks and ten pin bowling like food…. thats why i would need a pleasent lunch/dinner location…..
I was thinking of a nice chinese restaurant with karaoke, this would be after an activity…. or the activity.
My work is located in Martin Place ( Sydney city) so travel is ok, my department are people mainly from the inner city.
If you could recomend any places that would be a great help.
Thanks Janine 
As stated previously, most of the suggestions that have been put to you will alienate a large number of people unless of course all in your Department are young fit singles. The zoo seems the most inclusive option that you’ve mentioned.
Look at all staff to find the best overall option.
Public sector should account for all federal, state, and local government employees and funded projects with all of the involved contract workers, government funded research grants, government funded projects contracted to private industry (e.g. Intel, Boeing, Microsoft, Dell, United Technologies, Google, Bechtel, KBR, Sikorsky), all consultants contracted by the government, yearly road and highway construction and repair projects, museums and national parks services, armed services, government investigators and security organizations, teachers, police, fire departments, public servants, public attorneys, judges, prison employees, water and sewage employees, city trash, recycling services, transportation, urban planning, inspectors, all other government employees, state university employees and professors, public health employees, social workers, politicians, etc.
The first answer is completely misreading the charts on the pdf file he cites. The charts are indexed to show relative growth, not relative size.
For people that are directly on the government payroll, take a look at:
http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/apes/emp_compendium.pdf
This says about 19 million full-time equivalent jobs out of about 144 million. This site agrees, but uses the 22 million (part-time included) number for direct payroll employees.
But going beyond the direct payroll to doctors who are paid by Medicare and Medicaid patients, construction companies under contract to governments, private prison companies, etc., that’s much harder.
You can get a (poor) estimate by looking at total government expenditures:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5782981/Table-Total-Government-Expenditures—Historical
(currently about $3.3 trillion) and dividing by the mean personal income – approximately $46 thousand:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States
which gives you about 71 million.
This is undoubtedly high, but I have to wonder by how much.
I work for my city in the Recreation and Parks Department. I am a junior coach, with no formal training. I am enrolling in a program to earn my credentials to become a professional coach. Is what I am now considered a blue collar job, and is what I plan to become considered a white collar one?
Working for the city, I make minimum wage. Doing private lessons, I charge 30 dollars/hour.
You major in sports management for a bachelor’s degree or a Master’s if you already have a bachelor’s or study physiotherapy for a Master’s degree along with your coaching skill, you enter into another club level as a white collar coach. I have a niece who is an avid tennis player, and works as a sports organizer after her Bachelor’s in sports management. Good luck !
I work for my city in the Recreation and Parks Department. I am a junior coach, with no formal training. I am enrolling in a program to earn my credentials to become a professional coach. Is what I am now considered a blue collar job, and is what I plan to become considered a white collar one?
Working for the city, I make minimum wage. Doing private lessons, I charge 30 dollars/hour.
You major in sports management for a bachelor’s degree or a Master’s if you already have a bachelor’s or study physiotherapy for a Master’s degree along with your coaching skill, you enter into another club level as a white collar coach. I have a niece who is an avid tennis player, and works as a sports organizer after her Bachelor’s in sports management. Good luck !
Millions of people make a good living , have full insurance, and retirment plans just to work in the Welfare Industry.
Why can’t we close it and give all American Citizens $100,000.00 each and still save money.
Like the Insurance Industry 1000’s of people are paid huge salaries and benifits to PREVENT people from getting claims paid.
For the severly handicapped Public Defenders offices could be made their gaurdians and control the how the funds are spend.
No more wasted money in the Department of Health, Agruculture, Department of Commerce, Labor Department. and more. And that is just the Federal Government. The Staes have all kind of offices.
Check out your state and see how many Departments have office after office filled with people covering all kinds of welfare matters. You will see there are 1000’s in each state
Just imagine how much money could be saved on retirement and insurance alone of these millions of Welfare Workers!
Too damn many bureaucrates working hard to justify their existance.
60-75% of every social program is paying for the buearucracy,the money never gets where it was supposed to go.