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CherryCola posted:Anyway, sorry for posting in this thread all the time. It just sucks being in adjudication where there's literally nothing else I can do. At least with the investigation, I was actually getting phone calls from people and had my own tasks to do. Your anxiety is perfectly normal (this is an understatement), though your congressional idea is probably a little over the top for some people. :P
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Hey, do you know where I can find information on those intelligence agency funded scholarships for grad school? I knew about the internships, but I haven't found anything on that.
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psydude posted:Hey, do you know where I can find information on those intelligence agency funded scholarships for grad school? I knew about the internships, but I haven't found anything on that. DIA's is here. CIA has its own as well, but DIA's is the only one I feel authoritative (accurate) discussing. They won't pay you much, but they'll put you through and give you a job afterward. I don't think it's a very long program, either.
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psydude posted:Hey, do you know where I can find information on those intelligence agency funded scholarships for grad school? I knew about the internships, but I haven't found anything on that. Usual disclosures about the Faustian nature of the bargain apply, but there's also the Boren Fellowship if you want to do up to a year abroad. Deadline will be coming up pretty soon IIRC. edit: application for DIA hiring event still "Active", although I didn't get it in until Friday afternoon (almost let it slip my mind).
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I dunno, I think I'm done accepting scholarships with fine print. When I go back for my master's degree it's going to be in something that I really like (probably urban planning) and I'm using tuition assistance instead.
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Skandiaavity posted:Congratulations, SWATJester! Sept. 2009 when I started the process.
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Boren inside track info on the DIA thing:quote:Basically, if your application is under review, you will see a status of “active.” DIA will call selected applicants the week prior to the event. If you do not receive a call, you have not been selected.
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# ? Jan 24, 2011 23:45 |
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Oh man, I had totally forgotten about the DIA hiring event. I just kind of assumed I didn't make the cut, but it's still active. Thanks for the heads up, Pompous Rhombus!
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# ? Jan 25, 2011 01:53 |
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Ramms+ein posted:Joshie Please tell us about nepotism in the USG. My father works for DHS at the ICE Headquarters and he has been absolutely worthless about helping me get my foot in the door. Who does he need to suck up to? HR? Probably because nepotism is illegal in accordance with 5 CFR, Part 310.
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# ? Jan 25, 2011 03:02 |
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Hiring freeze has been announced for DOJ and CDC. Hurray... How long will the freezes last? Just until the new budgets come out?...right?....RIGHT?!
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HiddenReplaced posted:Hiring freeze has been announced for DOJ literally giggling irl
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# ? Jan 25, 2011 05:30 |
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HiddenReplaced posted:Hiring freeze has been announced for DOJ and CDC. Hurray... HOR is cutting the budget to ribbons. Don't hold your breath.
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# ? Jan 25, 2011 05:47 |
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red19fire posted:Question for IRS Goons: As far as I know, from talking to the IRS recruiter that I deal with, there won't be any hiring for CIs until at least 2014. Those jobs are really in-demand and people typically start as a revenue agent, then apply to move over to being a CI. Also, if you don't have any background in accounting and tax, I don't see how you could expect to get hired for one of those positions. Things might be different for CIs, but I would imagine that you would need to still have the right educational background.
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# ? Jan 25, 2011 07:57 |
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/rant So I was given a job acceptance letter in December in which I accepted on the 27th of December. I was then informed it would be 2 to 3 weeks until HR got back with me on the formal paper work. 2 1/2 weeks pass and I call the HR lady for an update. She informed me that they initially hired me under the Federal Career Intern program (FCIP), which ironically, Obama axed on the day I accepted the offer (Dec 27th). The HR lady informed me that this screwed up the Hiring authority packages and that she was unsure when these packages and start-to-work dates would occur. I decided that I'd email her every week until I got some idea on any time table for starting work. Last week she said she had seen my hiring package, but it still had to go through another hiring authority which involves another resume on the chart.navy.mil website. I inform her that I have had a resume in that system for 6 months and its good to go. She then gets back with me today saying that now not only is there an issue with the FCIP, but the organization is going from the NSPS pay scale system to the STRL pay scale system. This means that hiring packages now won't be going out till maybe end of March. She then informed me that she "hopes" to have the new hires start by May/June time frame. If you been keeping track this means they said in December, "Yes you have a Job! You can start working end of January early February." Now its "Well, you still have a job lined up but now it won't be for another 5 months" I just don't understand why they couldn't hire me under the old authority, which when Obama axed the program clearly says they can, then convert me to the new fangled system. I feel its a HR person that is uber lazy and doesn't want to do their job. But anyway.....There is always Mcdonalds until then I guess. \end rant
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# ? Jan 27, 2011 01:45 |
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^Yeah, I'm to the left of Bernie Sanders now but will probably be a libertarian by the end of all this.
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Chadula posted:If you been keeping track this means they said in December, "Yes you have a Job! You can start working end of January early February." Now its "Well, you still have a job lined up but now it won't be for another 5 months" I was selected for an FCIP position last January when the FCIP program was humming along fine, and it still took 5 months for me start my job. Government HR seems to be a bureaucratic nightmare regardless of the situation. I say take the time frame she gave you and add a few extra months. As an aside regarding the FCIP thing - my agency hasn't even recieved any guidance as to how the interns (like me) are going to be converted. I'm supposed to be on a non-competitive ladder, and now I have no idea if I'm going to get those promotions on time. Though I have been told it takes forever to get stuff like this fully implemented. AndrewP fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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stupid question from a stupid man: If a posting says yadda yadda one year specialized experience, is it possible to skirt by with just ten months? Just found the perfect job in the perfect location but I'm shy by just two months on the minimum requirements. In all likelihood I wouldn't get accepted anyway, but I guess this goes more for a general "how stringent are they" kind of question. Brokyn fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Jan 28, 2011 |
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I rounded up and they didn't seem to care.
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# ? Jan 28, 2011 02:45 |
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Brokyn posted:stupid question from a stupid man: Round it up. You won't have any chance if you don't apply.
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# ? Jan 28, 2011 02:59 |
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quote:Your application does not show that you have the length of specialized/specific experience needed for this specialty and grade. eff the feds, yall are mean as hell
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# ? Jan 28, 2011 15:33 |
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Anyone have experience as a examiner for the FDIC? I want to work for the SF branch and there was a job recruiter at my school but I cannot find anything on the usajobs site. Also I can't find anything for entry level positions for the FDIC on the site... The recruiter was trying to pimp the FIS position "financial institution specialist" pretty hard.
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# ? Jan 28, 2011 18:54 |
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Both my parents have had government jobs since before I was born, and i've noticed they have gotten alot of perks many people don't usually get. While their sector [education] has had some layoffs, its been alot safer for them. I'm really going to try to get one of these jobs as I get older.
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I sort of wish I had found this thread earlier, back when I was on the Career Internship roller coaster, if only for the morale support. Since then, I've kept on trucking (I mean, its only been 5-6 months, right? Hardly any time at all in government terms) and kept sending in applications despite the fact that, with the exception of the TSA and the ill-fated FCIP (i got to the 2nd step, only to learn that since I wasn't a disabled veteran former fed minority I didn't qualify), I've never even gotten past step one with anything. I just hope something crops up soon, I keep going back and forth between going back to school for...anything, really, since a BA in history doesn't seem to have helped me much and continuing to tough it out at my awful retail job in the hopes that something finally will come up
DeceasedHorse fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jan 29, 2011 |
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Anyone ever applied to the US Army Corp of Engineers? Last time I checked there were 0 openings and considering how rare Civil Engineering jobs are as it is, I'd expect the competition to be retard tough if there should ever be an opening. Any particular tips for standing out? I have my Masters, ~2 years work experience and am an Army combat veteran... if any of that matters.
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Were you in the engineer regiment at all? They love combat engineers.
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psydude posted:Were you in the engineer regiment at all? They love combat engineers. Unfortunately not, mostly because I know Combat Engineering /= Professional Engineering so while it seemed fun, it didn't really fit in line with my career goals. While it's never too late, I don't really believe in working a job in hopes of getting another job..
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FooGoo posted:I don't really believe in working a job in hopes of getting another job. That's an unfortunate philosophy, since it seems to be the case (especially with government work, but in the private sector too, I bet) that the more related work experience you have the easier it is to get the better jobs. Also, unless they've found their dream job or have just given up, just about everyone out there is working one job in hopes of getting another (better) job. Remember, your first job out of school is just that: a job. If you work at it, you'll get better ones as time goes on.
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Business of Ferrets posted:That's an unfortunate philosophy, since it seems to be the case (especially with government work, but in the private sector too, I bet) that the more related work experience you have the easier it is to get the better jobs. I guess I should elaborate, I don't really mean job in the conventional sense but rather reenlisting in the Army as a Combat Engineer in hopes of getting a job with USACE. I'm already a veteran and Combat Engineer seems cool, but I'm not 100% on it, so I'd be spending 3-6 years training and certainly deploying overseas, all in hopes maybe or maybe not getting a few brownie points for a job. That's just my thoughts though, and am open to opinions. If anyone thinks being a military engineer will in fact boost my competitiveness significantly, it is something I can consider.
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The engineer regiment does actually make use of degreed engineers in the form of officers at higher levels. That said, I don't think you should rejoin the Army just to get a job with USACE.
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# ? Jan 30, 2011 02:03 |
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People have done worse deeds to get jobs, surely!
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So the State Dept. has finally heard all my whining in this thread and have sent me a second invitation for the BEX yesterday. It has been so long, I don't even remember what the initial online exam entailed. I don't take the test until March, but what are absolutely vital subjects to study for this thing? I've read that keeping up with current events helps, but that is about it.
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Gravel Gravy posted:So the State Dept. has finally heard all my whining in this thread and have sent me a second invitation for the BEX yesterday. It has been so long, I don't even remember what the initial online exam entailed. I don't take the test until March, but what are absolutely vital subjects to study for this thing? I've read that keeping up with current events helps, but that is about it. I trawled through 230+ pages on an officer.com forum about DSS and the BEX, the advice more or less boiled down to "know yourself and your work history and be able to sell it/put yourself in the best possible light". Here is a c/p of the notes I took on the DSS in general. It's pretty much a straight copy/paste from what current DSS Agents were saying in the thread (and I compiled it before the interview and haven't touched it since), so I don't see how it could violate the NDA. quote:The men and women of Diplomatic Security are specially trained federal law enforcement professionals. Diplomatic Security special agents are Foreign Service security officers assigned domestically and overseas to ensure that American diplomacy is conducted in a safe and secure environment. Overseas, they advise ambassadors on all security matters and manage a complex range of security programs designed to protect people, facilities, and information. In the United States, agents investigate passport and visa fraud, conduct personnel security investigations, and protect the Secretary of State and certain foreign dignitaries. Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jan 30, 2011 |
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Am I stupid if I take a mail assistant position with the Treasury Department. It is a 1 year term position, no benefits. Is it worth it to just get into the system. After Tolls and gas money I will be making the same as I am on unemployment. I have to call them back tomorrow.
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11b1p posted:Am I stupid if I take a mail assistant position with the Treasury Department. It is a 1 year term position, no benefits. Is it worth it to just get into the system. After Tolls and gas money I will be making the same as I am on unemployment. I have to call them back tomorrow. Having a job is going to look better to future prospective employers than being unemployed. I have recently seen several media reports about employers that openly refuse to hire anyone who has been unemployed for a certain period. The biggest drawback with a federal temporary job is that will not give you status, meaning that you will be competing with everyone for any vacancy announcements. If you have veteran's preference, this isn't a concern for you since you can compete for status announcements anyway.
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A 1 year job is still a job for a year. Also, experience++ never hurts.
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Yeah I'm just going to take it. The HR lady took me on a tour and I asked her about permanent careers and she said they were refusing to allow her to hire permanent people and that she was fighting to get more term employees because the work load is so high.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I trawled through 230+ pages on an officer.com forum about DSS and the BEX, the advice more or less boiled down to "know yourself and your work history and be able to sell it/put yourself in the best possible light". Thank you much, guess I'll have some reading to do for the test, and maybe see if I can't pump advice out of the DSS agents handling my background investigation (I doubt it )
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I know that there are a few prior service types that are looking for/already have federal jobs. Did you guys start searching before you got out? I am wondering what to put for the prior service stuff, since obviously I don't have my DD-214 yet, can I claim prior service? Am I over thinking this? Also anybody try job hunting while deployed/overseas? Going to be separating in the middle of a deployment, and I would like to at least get into the system before I get out.
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The U.S. Marshals Service is apparently hiring in June. Probably the best job in federal law enforcement. Judicial protection, witness protection, fugitive investigations, etc. Unfortunately, at their journeyman level (GS-12), they make about 10k/less a year than their DOJ counterparts in ATF, FBI, and DEA.
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Is the TSA a good way to get your foot in the door for other federal investigation agencies?
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