US Marshals Service

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Marshals Service
Human Resources Division
Alexandria, Virginia 22301-1025

February 3, 2012

MEMORANDUM TO: United States Marshals, Chief Deputy United States Marshals; Assistant Directors; Staff Offices; Administrative Officers

FROM: Darla K. Callaghan
Assistant Director

SUBJECT: Deputy Recruitment and Examination

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) recruitment drive, utilizing the new Deputy U.S. Marshal (DUSM) Competitive Exam, will begin on March 5, 2012 with the opening of an online vacancy announcement posted at www.usajobs.gov. The announcement will be open until midnight on the day we receive 5,000 applications or for five days, whichever comes first. This recruitment drive will be unique for the USMS, as we have engaged the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to post the vacancy announcement, manage the application process, administer the exam, and develop a new structured interview. Also unique to this recruitment effort, we will be hiring the new Deputy U.S. Marshals at the GL-082-07 level. This will ensure we hire a high caliber of new deputies to build a strong operational workforce.

To take the exam, applicants will be required to have an account and a resume on USAJOBS in order to apply to the online vacancy announcement. Those interested in taking the exam will be encouraged to visit USAJOBS ahead of time to create an account and build their resumes so they will be ready to apply when the announcement opens. Applicants determined to meet the minimum eligibility requirements will be scheduled to take the new DUSM Competitive Exam. The exam will be administered by OPM at fifteen predetemined testing. locations nationwide. The final evaluation phase will be the interview process. These steps will allow the USMS to create a register of well qualified candidates to fill DUSM classes beginning in FY13.