U.S. Postal Service hiring for city carrier assistant positions


February 25, 2013 



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BOISE, ID – The U.S. Postal Service is hiring approximately 80 city carrier assistants to deliver mail at Post Offices in southern Idaho.

Starting pay for these non-career positions begins at $15.00 an hour. Benefits include vacation days, salary increases and the eventual opportunity to enroll in a health benefits plan. These positions may also lead to possible future employment as a full time city carrier with career status.

Appointments are for 360 consecutive days and applicants must be available to work a flexible schedule Monday through Saturday. The number of hours worked will depend on mail volume.

Current openings will be posted beginning Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Interested parties must apply for these and other positions online at the Postal Service’s website.

  • Go to: https://www.usps.com and click on “Careers” at the bottom of the page.
  • Click “Search our latest job openings.”
  • In the “Keywords” box, enter the name of the city; In the “Location” box highlight the appropriate state name, then click “Search.”
  • Select a listed position and begin the application process.

All applicants must be at least age 18 at the time of hire and be a U.S. citizen or have permanent alien status. Carrier positions require a valid driver’s license and a minimum of two years documented driving experience.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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