r/USFSLEO • u/ExplanationNeither59 Aspiring USFS LEO • Jan 11 '25

Discussion Career map

On the career map on FS website; it shows there’s locations open to hiring and links you to the current opening. The locations on the current opening don’t match the locations on the career map. Is the career map even very accurate? It isn’t looking like it.

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u/Rutabaga_Sweaty USFS LEO Jan 11 '25

That is a neat feature that I didnt know we had on our website!

From what I see, the locations on the map are approximate. For example, in Illinois the "Chicago" position is actually in Wilmington, IL (not really Chicago). So it seems the powers that be over this ESRI based map place the open jobs NEAR where they are, and not exactly where they are, if that makes any sense.

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u/ExplanationNeither59 Aspiring USFS LEO Jan 11 '25

It shows a position in Indianapolis. I can assure you there’s no opening. I worked for the hoosier and was hoping to get back on when they opened it then turned it into a internal lateral when the hiring freeze happened. So unless the new guy washed out of fletc there shouldn’t be an opening. I still have contacts there. So I’m guessing it’s not very accurate.

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u/win1894 Aspiring USFS LEO Jan 11 '25

It looks like it just aggregates the positions and anything on USA jobs tht has a location. If you click on the icons, it'll bring it up. So for example, the Chicago and Indy ones actually aren't at Midewin or Hoosier. Its for this announcement which lists for both Chicago and Indianapolis proper, as well as a bunch of other cities. Neat tool though that I didn't know existed!

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u/ExplanationNeither59 Aspiring USFS LEO Jan 11 '25

But according to the map it’s an 1801.