How We Can Help
For today's students, employment is more than just a paycheck. It's a chance to make a real difference.
Many already know that public service is a great opportunity to accomplish that goal, yet they have limited awareness and understanding of government jobs and internships. The Call to Serve initiative is designed to bridge the knowledge gap for students and their advisors.
The Call to Serve Commitment
Participating schools have signed a “Statement of Purpose” that commits them to educating their students about opportunities in the federal civil service. These schools:
- Appoint a campus coordinator to oversee education and outreach to their students about opportunities for public service in the federal government;
- Work with the Partnership, the Office of Personnel Management, and other federal agencies to ensure students are provided with information about federal jobs that is timely, understandable and relevant to young people;
- Sponsor campus events at which information about federal careers is made available;
- Highlight alumni who are making important contributions as federal employees; and
- Speak about the importance of public and government service at appropriate occasions.
Participating Call to Serve federal agencies communicate with the campus coordinators in our network to provide guidance on how students can find information about and pursue jobs in federal service.
The Partnership offers support to school coordinators in creating events, identifying speakers, gathering materials and providing other assistance throughout the year.
Build Your Knowledge of Federal Service
Call to Serve Events
The Partnership provides professional development for university advisors around federal opportunities through onsite training and virtual webinar conference calls. These trainings equip you with the knowledge and resources needed to effectively advise students on the federal job search and application process and build federal service as a brand on your campus.
Inspire and Educate Your Students
Call to Serve Toolkit
The Call to Serve toolkit serves as a “how-to” guide for schools looking for ways to better inform students about federal job and internship opportunities.
Call to Serve eNews
An online forum designed to energize Call to Serve agency and school members to educate students about exciting professional opportunities with the federal government.
Call to Serve Innovation Grants
At the center of the Call to Serve Initiative are the Innovation Grants. Recipient universities are learning how to effectively promote federal service opportunities and help their students land federal internships and jobs.
Provide Valuable Resources
Makingthedifference.org
Direct your students to the Partnership’s Making the Difference website, www.makingthedifference.org, where they'll find information about how to find and get federal jobs and internships.
Call to Serve Speakers Bureau
Federal employees visit college campuses and other student venues to promote public service and provide resources that will raise awareness of federal career opportunities among young people.
Call to Serve Network
Utilize our contacts within more than 75 federal agencies to build relationships and connect your students to meaningful job and internship opportunities within government.
Contact Us
For more information about Call to Serve benefits for your college or university, please contact Victor Adebusolaat vadebusola@ourpublicservice.org
The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.
