How Career Interns Are Selected
The Human Resources Division (HRD) and the Recruiting Committee reviews applications two times a year. HRD ensures that the applications are complete and that applicants meet the basic eligibility criteria, as outlined below. The Recruiting Committee ranks all applicants and interviews the top candidates.

Candidates selected by the committee will be placed on a roster. Candidates not selected for the roster will be notified by mail. FAS supervisors who have an available position will interview and choose from the candidates on the roster. Please note that being selected as a Career Intern Candidate makes the candidate eligible for a Career Intern appointment at FAS, but it does not guarantee the candidate a position.

The candidate’s name will remain on the roster for one year. If selected from the roster by an FAS supervisor, the candidate will be offered a two-year CIP internship. If the candidate is not chosen during that year, the candidate’s application will need to be resubmitted to begin the process again.

So that we may contact the candidate as soon as possible, please make sure that any changes of address after the candidate applies are submitted immediately to HRD at this address:

Attn: Nikia Sizer
AgStop 0593
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation and marital or familial status.(Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the FAS Civil Rights Staff at (202)720-7233 (voice) or (202)720-1786 (TDD).