Transitional City Carrier
Starting Wages: Wages vary by location. The average in 2009 was $20.00 per hour.
This is a long-term temporary job. Transitional City Carriers are hired for a 360 day term, and can be reappointed for additional 360 day terms.
A Transitional City Carrier performs the same functions and must meet the same requirements as a City Carrier, but it is not necessary to take an exam to get a Transitional City Carrier job.
One of the best features of the Transitional City Carrier job is that, even though it is not a career position, it comes with some benefits. Transitional City Carriers earn one hour of vacation leave for every 20 hours worked. Depending upon the actual hours worked, this could be up to two weeks of paid vacation per year. And after completing one term and being reappointed for a second term, a Transitional City Carrier is eligible to enroll in the health insurance program.
A Transitional City Carrier job is not a career position, but it does offer an advantage for those seeking a career position. The goal of most Transitional City Carriers is to get a career position, so they continually search for full-time job postings and apply for any feasible opportunities. And they can apply with little effort since they have already gone through the monumental effort of creating an online profile in the Postal application system. Here’s where the advantage of a Transitional City Carrier job comes in… They take the job’s required exam, and as long as their score is high enough to get an interview invitation, they have it made. They will breeze through the interview without question — assuming of course that they have been a valued and productive employee while working as a Transitional City Carrier. The interview will be a mere formality. When comparing a known productive employee against several unknowns, a Postmaster/interviewer will choose the known productive employee every time.