Resources for Hill Job Hunting
If you are looking for a job on the Hill This is a Must Read.
Working in Congress - Staff Perspective
Hill Salary Survey and Information More Salary Surveys
HILL RESUME DROP INFORMATION - Click Here for Details (for House Side Jobs)
SENATE RESUME DROP INFORMATION - Click Here for Full Details
A start page that many Congressional Staff Look At Daily
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If you are not here already then get to DC ASAP. If you are not in DC yet, know that you need to be while job hunting. This is a networking place and you’ll miss the best opportunities if you just look online. Find housing through places like DC City Paper, Hillzoo, Hillnews, Rollcall, MyDCNet and CraigsList
If you need some income then get a temp job through a company like Trak Staffing or Politemps. You’ll meet people and that is a great place to start.
Talk to everyone you know on the Hill or from campaigns and ask them who they know on the Hill. Ask them to get your resume to those people ASAP.
Call your political party offices and ask if you can send them your resume for jobs with new members: Left: DNC, House Democratic Caucus, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Leader’s Offices / Right: RNC, House Republican Caucus, Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Leader’s Offices. When you call them ask if they have any suggestions.
Register with the House Human Resources Office and the Senate Employment Office. The Senate Employment office will provide you with a copy of their employment bulletin and free copies of Roll Call and Hill News. The print editions usually have the same jobs that are online.
Start looking for jobs using these resources:
Politix 1 Campaign and Political Jobs
When applying for a job on the Hill, or in any office always remember to keep a list and to follow up. For Congressional Offices this means you will need to call into each office and ask who the Administrative Assistant or Chief of Staff Is (hopefully you did this before you sent them your resume), then call them 1-2 weeks after you have sent your resume to ask if they received your resume. If they say yes, then say Thank you. This may help, this may not.
Don’t expect to get the salaries listed in the salary surveys that you read. These are skewed by the fact that every member has a total staff budget. If the Chief of Staff is maxed out then someone else is not. To find out what the staff in the office you want to work in get paid, and find out what your predecessor made then visit the Congressional Resource Office in the Basement of Cannon House Office Building and look it up - staff salaries are public record. The same is true of the Senate so ask the Senate Employment Office staff where you can look up staff pay information for Senate Offices.
