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The State of California is always hiring. For an employer as large as the State - there are about 240,000 employees in California's government - there is constant turnover. New jobs become available everyday as people retire, leave state service, promote or transfer laterally into new jobs. On an average day, a jobseeker may see that 150 new jobs have been posted. At the time this article was posted, there were 3,602 vacant State of California positions.

These vacant positions are in every county in the state and span entry level to senior. Whatever your career goals, education and experience level, there is a California state job for you. The tough part is narrowing down the thousands of job and exam bulletins that are currently posted. This article is a guide to how to search for California State Jobs.

For jobseekers, the State of California Job search usually begins at CalCareers. CalCareers is the State's hiring portal and, by law, each vacant position must be posted…

One of the awesome reasons people are attracted to State jobs is because they can be found wherever people live in California. There are 58 counties in California, and they all have great positions that are available right now. Job-seekers can use the CalCareers website to do a geographical job search to find jobs near their home.

Geographical California State Job Search:From the CalCareers website, which is the main hub from which you should begin your job search, click on Advanced Job Search.


From there, click on the Location drop down option.


Now you'll see a list of options to choose from. You will see each California county listed.


You'll see there are other geographic search options, also. These include California, which will give you a list of all the jobs in the State. You will also see United States listed, because there are sometimes job openings outside of the State.

The places you will sometimes see California jobs in other states include Cook County (Chicago, Illin…

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