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If it's a disaster, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is there. Part of the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA is charged with building and supporting the nation's emergency management system. FEMA leads federal efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from ...
Mission: Helping people before, during, and after disasters.

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Can someone explain why everyone wants forensics disputes and investigation but not fema or compliance? Just want to get an understanding of the difference.

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FEMA Reviews

FEMA833
3.8
71%
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83%
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FEMA Administrator FEMA Deanna Criswell
Deanna Criswell
147 Ratings
    5.0
    Ordering Specialist
    Current Employee, less than 1 year
    New Boston, TX
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Reservist position is only part time Re-employed annuitants can double dip.

    Cons

    Some positions are hard to get deployed.

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    FEMA Interviews

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    Positive71%
    Negative12%
    Neutral17%
    Getting an Interview
    Applied online77%
    Employee Referral7%
    Recruiter6%
    Difficulty
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    1. Emergency Management Specialist Interview

      Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
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      Interview

      Standard IC0089: n this position, you will be analyzing critical infrastructure sectors, identifies potential federal disaster support requirements, and works with various stakeholders to develop potential course of actions. Coordinating with regional and national stakeholders to analyze the disaster supply chain. Assisting in the development of disaster logistics plans and concept of resource support.
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    What are perks and other benefits like at FEMA?

    ...not many benefits, pay is low for the work, no guaranteed amount of work, hard to plan life around work as you never know when or where you are going to have to go or for how long you will be there, difficult working conditions at times, no retirement benefits, some work does not count towards experience for other jobs, difficult to be promoted to full time work and benefits,...

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    71% of job seekers rate their interview experience at FEMA as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at FEMA.

    66% of employees think that FEMA has a positive business outlook. This is based on anonymous employee reviews submitted on Glassdoor.

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