>>1930303>As for federal seasonal positions, you just aren't qualified and those positions will get sniped out from under you by people that are more qualified. lol wtf, fire jobs in remote locations at gs3 are pretty much free for the taking and gs4 is at least worth a try. you may not get a job in a specific spot you want, but places like Orleans, Happy Camp, Sawyers Bar, Adin, Alturas, Lakeview, Battle Mountain, etc., are pretty much always leaving some 3/4 positions unstaffed.
Now, it's a separate question whether you want one of those jobs, bearing in mind that you'll probably have to live at the duty station and that they tend to have trouble attracting quality overhead as well, and also bearing in mind that shot crews and T1 WFMs are in fact quite competitive (and, actually, I don't think any of the named locations have shot crews or T1 WFMs anyway). And you might not make much money on a district engine if it's a slow season. So I'm not gonna take a stance on whether it's worth it, but the jobs are out there, absolutely.
the main round of usfs 1039 seasonal hiring is over, for california and probably most of the rest of the west, but blm is still hiring and there are probably gonna be a few late hire events to fill vacancies that they couldn't fill the first time (because they were at no-name district resources in remote duty locations.).
>For private work, like working on a logging crew or doing contract timber cruising, you need experience and networking to get those positions, neither of which you have.can't speak to cruising, but if you can pass a piss test and aren't afraid of early wakeups and hard, dangerous work, and you're willing to move, you can get a job setting chokers somewhere. which is how people usually start, anyway.
