C.O.D.: careers on delivery: with job security, good pay, and benefits, the U.S. Postal Service delivers on employment opportunities.(school to work) From: Career World, a Weekly Reader publication | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Faiad, Andrea | COPYRIGHT 2007 Weekly Reader Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

After graduating from high school, Borys Dudar knew he wanted to find a full-time job that enabled him to support himself and allowed him enough time to pursue his favorite pastime--playing hockey. Friends told him about job openings at the local U.S. Postal Service (USPS) office in Brooklyn Park, Minn. "I thought it'd be a great place to work," he recalls. Today, he knows his first impression was right on.

Dudar has worked for the USPS since 1985, when he started as a ...