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Switched agencies... and no surprise they completely messed up my pay and leave balance. Got charged a bunch of LWOP because I took leave during the transition. Sigh.
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SgtScruffy posted:Here's something I have no idea to approach: Super confusing what's going on with this. They must all be term positions if i had to guess, but there's so much info missing from the positions that i can only assume it's a bait and switch of some sort and they're mostly amassing a pool of candidates of interest that they can email directly later on when there's a real posting with a real description and everyone will have to reapply from scratch to an actual posting later.
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El Mero Mero posted:Super confusing what's going on with this. They must all be term positions if i had to guess, but there's so much info missing from the positions that i can only assume it's a bait and switch of some sort and they're mostly amassing a pool of candidates of interest that they can email directly later on when there's a real posting with a real description and everyone will have to reapply from scratch to an actual posting later. Right, I figured theres some sort of "gently caress, we didn't have time to write out the job positions or actually have a plan for this, but we want to announce 1,000 jobs are available in clean energy NOW so uhhhhhhhhhhhh go!". Guess I'll put my resume in the pot and hope that an accomplished-but-not-specifically-focused-because-I-don't-know-what-im-applying-for resume at least gets me a call back or an email in like four months
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my nice direct manager in a team teams call: “I got offered a deployment to Saipan, but I turned it down. It’s too dangerous for a 67 year old guy like me to be on an island.” someone else: “Yeah, you could retire on the beach!” I laugh, but my mic is muted.., manager: “The last time I was on an island for a time I got skin cancer on my forehead and had to have surgery.”  oh well personally i’d happily go to Saipan to take photos of washed out roads and tell people to not dig up wetlands or remove trees without a permit
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wolfs posted:my nice direct manager in a team teams call: “I got offered a deployment to Saipan, but I turned it down. It’s too dangerous for a 67 year old guy like me to be on an island.” Ah Saipan, the poor man’s Guam. (Guam is the poor man’s Hawaii.)
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Those Clean Energy Corps jobs are starting to hit USAJOBS, which at least makes it a little more clear that it's pure cattle call. Here's the 0510 accountant posting as an example: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/631234200 Posting is open for a year, could be term or permanent, could be anywhere, could be supervisory or not, and my favorite part:  ... still probably going to apply 
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Wow, I can't believe Qanon has infiltrated the deep state so far they have their own clearance!
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It's just asking what level of clearance you would be willing to maintain. The typical advice to mark E and not think about it is especially relevant here.
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Holding higher level clearances is kind of a hassle. Sometimes you also have to pee in a cup, which is gross and degrading. Genuinely curious about the CEC and those positions though. It looks like greenwashing nonsense, but it could be interesting greenwashing nonsense. In good news my agency has announced that anyone who can perform their duties remotely may not come into the office and must telework. For all my complaints itt at least some leadership is taking things seriously. I appreciate that on multiple levels, but most immediately bc I really don't want to deal with picking up extra work when my team members who aren't taking omicron seriously at all inevitably end up infected.
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Loucks posted:Holding higher level clearances is kind of a hassle. Sometimes you also have to pee in a cup, which is gross and degrading. Genuinely curious about the CEC and those positions though. It looks like greenwashing nonsense, but it could be interesting greenwashing nonsense. I haven't experienced that too badly myself so far, but one of my friends works in IT for a university and shares an office with someone else who very obviously doesn't take things seriously. Last week, said co-worker got sick, tested positive for COVID, and naturally came in anyways to "tough it out", and proceded to puke in the trashcan inside their shared office. Fun times.
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Loucks posted:Holding higher level clearances is kind of a hassle. Sometimes you also have to pee in a cup, which is gross and degrading. Genuinely curious about the CEC and those positions though. It looks like greenwashing nonsense, but it could be interesting greenwashing nonsense. Yeah it honestly is, only had one random UA in the last like 5 years, but having to document all foreign travel, financial stuff etc, just more annoying than anything. It's kind of silly as I only handle maybe a handful of classified docs a year, would rather just have a public trust and give 'em to someone else hah.
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Protip they can’t hassle you for traveling abroad if you use your red passport
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My agency has been sending people to the field in red states since I started and shows no signs of stopping. Looking forward to my own inevitable deployment and couple of weeks spent recovering in a hotel on taxpayer dollars.
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Dr. Quarex posted:My agency has been sending people to the field in red states since I started and shows no signs of stopping. Looking forward to my own inevitable deployment and couple of weeks spent recovering in a hotel on taxpayer dollars. Oh goodness, are you part of the FEMA family too? If you're DSA cadre, I can (try to) answer any questions you have! I'm actually on a deployment myself right now, and it's kinda phenomenal, not gonna lie.
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Woof Blitzer posted:Protip they can’t hassle you for traveling abroad if you use your red passport Depending on where you go, any hassle you avoid from the US government may be more than compensated for by grief from the people who run the place you're visiting.
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Dammerung posted:Oh goodness, are you part of the FEMA family too? If you're DSA cadre, I can (try to) answer any questions you have! I'm actually on a deployment myself right now, and it's kinda phenomenal, not gonna lie.
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wolfs posted:my nice direct manager in a team teams call: “I got offered a deployment to Saipan, but I turned it down. It’s too dangerous for a 67 year old guy like me to be on an island.” That guy is a chump. I've specifically strategized about fed jobs in Saipan and other territories. It's like the holy grail of living semi abroad in beautiful tropical island settings without the hassle of officially leaving the country. Plus, fed jobs are often the best paid positions in those locales, so you can live large. Yeah, I recently moved back to the states from Puerto Rico, so I'm still readjusting... On the topic: fed employees in Puerto Rico are held in way higher esteem than in the states. They're highly sought after jobs and people just assume you're with the FBI or doing something very important and potentially secretive (none of that applies to me). I suspect this is also true in other US colonies.
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Dr. Quarex posted:Yes but I am currently discovering that I apparently have to quit my Reservist position since my new agency is not nearly as cool with having multiple jobs at once as FEMA is. Weak. At least I did get to do some good for FEMA first Ah, drat! That's a bit rough. As long as your new position is a great one. Thesaurus posted:On the topic: fed employees in Puerto Rico are held in way higher esteem than in the states. They're highly sought after jobs and people just assume you're with the FBI or doing something very important and potentially secretive (none of that applies to me). I suspect this is also true in other US colonies. That's something I'd find to be an interesting experience, but I don't think it'd hold up long. I trundle around like a confused animal and look like a sack of despairing marshmallows. But darn it, I persevere, and my supervisors have been okay with it so far!
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Max Peck posted:Those Clean Energy Corps jobs are starting to hit USAJOBS, which at least makes it a little more clear that it's pure cattle call. Here's the 0510 accountant posting as an example: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/631234200 I'm guessing the smart thing be to apply to both - throw my resume in on the cattle call, and if there's a specific job posting (as broad as it is) on USAJobs, apply via the "formal" way, too? There's a few that fits my fancy so looks like it's time to make a few Federal Resumes  Speaking of which, I didn't see it in the OP: Is there a "best" resource for guidelines for writing a Federal Resume? Are the USAJobs resources the best, or is there a page that gives you the breakdown of the actual Stuff You Need To Do? (I've also got my good buddy Ya Boy Toshimo to help me, shout out to you bubba) SgtScruffy fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jan 15, 2022 |
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Dammerung posted:Ah, drat! That's a bit rough. As long as your new position is a great one. Just stay marsh-mellow, fellow goon, and you’ll be alright. Trundle onwards!
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SgtScruffy posted:I'm guessing the smart thing be to apply to both - throw my resume in on the cattle call, and if there's a specific job posting (as broad as it is) on USAJobs, apply via the "formal" way, too? There's a few that fits my fancy so looks like it's time to make a few Federal Resumes FWIW I wasted an hour or two in an HHS "federal resume tips" session from our local HR people and it was mostly obvious stuff like reverse chronological order+violate that to put the most relevant stuff at the top and include numbers, but they also spent some time on "use the USAJobs stuff".
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Just a reminder that the Fed has our own jobs site, and the pay+benefits are pretty decent https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers.htm
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Irony.or.Death posted:FWIW I wasted an hour or two in an HHS "federal resume tips" session from our local HR people and it was mostly obvious stuff like reverse chronological order+violate that to put the most relevant stuff at the top and include numbers, but they also spent some time on "use the USAJobs stuff". Thanks - apparently my wife's grad school (GW)'s career office has a "here's everything you need to know" document. I figure that if their job is to get qualified people to navigate the hell of Federal Resumes, that may help out quite well! Vorkosigan posted:Just a reminder that the Fed has our own jobs site, and the pay+benefits are pretty decent https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/117d9e67-276f-4e79-8906-536d74d24733
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Vorkosigan posted:Just a reminder that the Fed has our own jobs site, and the pay+benefits are pretty decent
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Josh Lyman posted:Time for me to move from SEC? Is the Federal Reserve actually part of the government?
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Howard Phillips posted:Is the Federal Reserve actually part of the government? Self-funded executive agency, so we aren't on GSA or OPM but do tend to give them deference.
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Thesaurus posted:That guy is a chump. I've specifically strategized about fed jobs in Saipan and other territories. It's like the holy grail of living semi abroad in beautiful tropical island settings without the hassle of officially leaving the country. Plus, fed jobs are often the best paid positions in those locales, so you can live large. I was REAL close to taking a job in Guam about 5 years ago. If I hadn’t had kids I would have jumped right in.
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Beerdeer posted:I was REAL close to taking a job in Guam about 5 years ago. If I hadn’t had kids I would have jumped right in. Great strip clubs in Guam.
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I made it two-thirds of the way to work today before I had to turn around and go home. All of the full-time clerks at my post office are off today, and the only PSE with a key to the building can't even tell where the road is because of the snow. I probably would have made it to work because I don't have to deal with any steep roads and live right next to a major road. I am not killing myself for Bezos's merchandise to get sorted for delivery. Tuesday's going to fuckin suck. Sunday's and Monday's mail and parcels on top of Tuesday's mail, and none of it was done on Sunday (which is normal procedure for Sundays on three-day weekends at my office). My postmaster and the rest of management are probably going to lose it tomorrow. gently caress em.
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The only thing worse than working for USPS is working for SSA. I'm hitting 33 years next month and I think the next early out will be the end.
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Nutella posted:The only thing worse than working for USPS is working for SSA. I'm hitting 33 years next month and I think the next early out will be the end. TSA doesn’t top the list? Got any war stories to share from SSA?
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Well, now I'm starting to freak out because I decided not to work today. My supervisor made it in to work, and he's been hammering my phone all day to get me to work. I gave him a vague, "We'll see," instead of just saying no like I should have. The roads are clear, but the other two clerks ended up going in after all. So I'm going to eat poo poo. I had a vacation request for a weekend in February, but that's going to get denied now. What I'm really worried about is this canvas for a part-time flexible position is going to get blocked and it will prevent me from converting to a career-tract job. My postmaster is a spiteful mother fucker and is a raging sexist and he hates clerks.
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Nutella posted:The only thing worse than working for USPS is working for SSA. I'm hitting 33 years next month and I think the next early out will be the end. 33 years... Goongrats. SSA that whole time?
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Howard Phillips posted:TSA doesn’t top the list? Got any war stories to share from SSA? I do not believe there is a worse place to work in the federal government than TSA, and that’s all I’m willing to say about it.
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Howard Phillips posted:Great strip clubs in Guam. I was TDY once there and one of the guys standing outside of the strip club said they had titties, tacos, and guns. Unfortunately, I did not go inside.
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SSA sucks on the customer service side, but I’d have never jumped 5 to 11 in six years anywhere else.
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I know one potentially can do the 5-11 (or even 12) climb in six or less in Treasury or DoD because I've seen it done, but it requires landing a developmental position to speed at least the middle grades. A fresh degree helps a lot.
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USCIS' progressions are so frequently 5-12 in five years that some teachers tell you to expect that at the training academy. Which, say it with me, makes it all the more infuriating if you instead start at 9 and are still at 9 after five years. Nearly everyone I started with was a 12 when I left, though to be fair my whole class started at 9. I actually knew someone who started at 5 and was a 13 after six years!
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I very carefully meant it when pointing out that I’d have never pulled it off somewhere else. Not saying someone else couldn’t. In SSA laughs, our WSU (Workload Support Unit), the group of people who (badly) handle internet claims (eventually), apparently glitched out the major workload software and several thousand claims of people with last names starting with two different letters never got loaded or worked. My god.
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