Experiences at united states postal service

My Maintenance co-workers.

Ad in newspaper. They will post when they are giving the test.

Do your best, be on time, and show a willingness to learn.

How people are different and how much it is like a family, working in an environment like that.

Obviously the pay, the benefits, the daytime hours with a fixed schedule - if you can get them.

constant disagreement between co-workers as to how office procedures were to be done.

Finding the right part for equipment in an emergency situation and learning the proper hazmat procedures after September 11, 2001.

Started out as a clerk/carrier in a small office, sorted mail, deliver mail, learned the manual forwarding system of the mail, was a window clerk, learning a great deal about customer service. Learned the time keeping system, the bookkeeping system and how to handle clients. I then switched positions to a custodial job in order to be first in line for the Maintenance Support Admin clerk position. Once I obtained that position, I learned the in-house computer software, tool and parts, inventory, receiving, ordering, once again customer service. The list is endless as to what I learned and/or wanted to learn about the business....

You have to take the test, when it is offered and just wait, the higher your score, the higher you are on the register. Just be ware, most of the jobs are part-time shift work with some work hours of 20 or less.

Supervise 10 to 125 employees. Monitored and maintained detailed records of attendance and encoding performances of all employees. Scheduling & placement of employees in appropriate work areas to expedite the processing of mail images based on information received from other postal facility supervisors, via telecommunications systems.
Personnel Services: Tested and interviewed new employees. Trained employees to encode mail images via computer terminals to obtain proper zip code information for live mail. Provided Ergonomics training for employees and other supervisors....