Most positions in New York City government are filled through civil service examinations.  The yearly Exam Schedule is now available.  This list is tentative and subject to change.  Please consult the Monthly Exam Schedule page during the filing period to obtain Official Notice of Examination.  Visit the Exam Archives to review the last available Notice of Examination.

• Open Competitive Exam Archive
• Promotional Exam Archive

NYC.gov offers information on current job opportunities and IT positions with various City agencies. For information on employment with the State of New York and other municipalities within New York State, visit the New York State Department of Civil Service.

The New York City Human Resources Administration also maintains Job Centers in all five boroughs.  Job centers offer temporary financial assistance, food stamps, and Medicaid to eligible individuals.  While in receipt of financial assistance, eligible adults are required to participate in an employment or rehabilitative activity designed to help them achieve their highest level of self-sufficiency.  While participating, individuals are provided with child care and transportation support.

Workforce1 Career Centers are a partnership of agencies and organizations working together to provide a full array of free job training, recruitment, and placement services. SBS has teamed up with employers of all sizes in the five boroughs who are committed to hiring local residents. Thousands of New Yorkers have already used Workforce1 to start new careers. SBS can help you look for a job as soon as you’re ready to move ahead in the field of your choice.

Using a Workforce1 Career Center is easy. Simply come in for an orientation to learn more about the services available to you. Workforce1 Career Centers are located in:

Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Queens - LaGuardia Community College
Staten Island

America Works has helped low-income individuals and public assistance recipients across a broad demographic spectrum become self-sufficient by obtaining and retaining jobs, or improving their career positions. America Works work with Americans who are on public assistance, receiving food stamps, the formerly incarcerated, youths aging out of foster care, the homeless and sheltered, non-custodial parents, people living with HIV/AIDS and Veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

America Works actively serve Veterans receiving:

• Public Assistance
• Food Stamps
• Veterans who have HIV / AIDS
• Veterans receiving SSI and SSDI Benefits
• Formerly Incarcerated Veterans
• Veterans who are Non-custodial parents
• Homeless and Sheltered Veterans who participate in our Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration
• Program (HVRP)

For more information visit America Works.

US Federal Government

NYS Dep. of Labor Veterans' Service  

NYS Division of Veteran Affairs  

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Acts (USERRA)   

Helmets to Hardhats

VA JOBS 

Comprehensive Employment Services

Veteran Employment.com  

United States Office of Personnel Management

US Dept of Labor-Veterans Employment and Training Services  

Goodwill Industries

SBS Workforce Development

The Next Step 

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans  
New York State Department of Labor
Division of Research and Statistics
State Office Building Campus

NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation: Posts weekly job vacancies

Military Job Zone:  Assists with military to civilian career transitioning & job placement