📋 Tender Overview
The Transportation Security Administration TSA is hosting two hiring events this week for individuals who are interested in applying to work as a Transportation Security Officer TSO at Reno-Tahoe International Airport RNO.Starting pay for TSOs at RNO is 18.59 per hour. As an incentive TSA will pay newly-hired TSOs 1000 upon starting with the agency and 1000 after one year of service with TSA. Applicants must be 18 years or older and a U.S. citizen or national.The sessions will be held Friday Jan. 28 and Saturday Jan. 29 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott Reno 6855 S. Virginia Street in Reno. On-site parking is complimentary and face masks must be worn. TSA is looking to fill 40 positions.Like employers across the country and locally TSA is hiring. We have immediate openings and we are looking to add to our established team of security professionals at RNO said TSA Federal Security Director for Nevada Karen Burke. Attending a hiring event is the best way to complete the application process and move swiftly through the interview process. The guidance provided is invaluable and greatly increases an applicants chance of a swift hire and the beginning - or continuation - of the applicants federal career.At the recruitment session interested candidates will attend an information session to learn more about applying to become a TSO take a computer-based test to evaluate aptitude and English language proficiency and participate in a structured interview session. Applicants will also need to complete a medical evaluation federal drug screening and pre-hire background investigation soon after the event.TSOs at RNO are federal employees. Benefits include paid training annual and sick leave health care plans for full- and part-time employees and a generous 401k retirement plan. TSOs are also eligible for up to 5000 per year in college tuition reimbursement. TSA does not prorate benefits for part-time workers and veterans preference is not required to join the agency.After six months TSOs are eligible for pay increases and those who work early mornings evenings and Sundays receive a shift differential. Overtime opportunities which are paid at time and a half are frequently available.The session and preliminary hiring process components can take between three and five hours so TSA recommends arriving early in the day. Candidates should bring two valid forms of state or federal identification.
