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Slaan posted:drat. Got to the OA last year but didn't pass the FSOT this year, because the new situational judgment part destroyed me. I increased my English and job knowledge scores by 6 and 9 respectively but bombed the situations badly enough I was a single point below cutoff. Yep. Passed with a big score last year but got a 3 on the essay so didn't move on. This year, I barely passed with a 158 but got an 8 on the essay. Last year I wrote it as a straightforward business memo, and this year I said gently caress it and wrote it as a high school five-paragraph persuasive paper.
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The candidate process has changed a lot over the years. I sometimes wonder if current FSOs can get hired under the new hiring process. I mean, even the QEP didn't exist until about 10-15 years ago. Just keep on taking the test, and never take any step of the process for granted.
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zzonkmiles posted:I sometimes wonder if current FSOs can get hired under the new hiring process. With the experience I have now? Yeah, probably. If I had to take the same test offered now when I tested in 2006? lolno
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I mean, anecdotally there are enough stories of people answering almost exactly the same between years and having different results, to imply that it's a total crapshoot and hiring vs. attrition plays probably as great of a role as your personal performance/strength as a candidate.
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Is there any real way for me to get feedback on my background investigation process? I spent a lot of time overseas in remote areas and stuff so I know it will take a while, but it's been about 6 months and I really want someone to just say "Hey you haven't slipped through the cracks", but e-mailing and calling hasn't got me anything but silence or a voice mail and my HR guy just redirects me back to them.
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:Is there any real way for me to get feedback on my background investigation process? Nope.
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I would like to thank whichever kind, high-ranking goon called into the FBI to yell at them for not responding to my emails, because I woke up this morning to a response from the investigations division stating that everything was still being processed as normal.
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I was always told to email securityclearance@state.gov to get updates. No idea if it still works. My advice is to completely forget about it, you didn't slip through cracks, yes it really takes that long. When things happen, they'll happen.
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problematique posted:I was always told to email securityclearance@state.gov to get updates. No idea if it still works. My advice is to completely forget about it, you didn't slip through cracks, yes it really takes that long. When things happen, they'll happen. poo poo, it took them eight months just to sit me down for my security clearance renewal.
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They were incredibly fast between time of interview>SF-86 submission>personal interviews and interviewing people close to me, but after that it was just radio silence for 6 months. I don't expect it to be finished anytime soon but I just wanted to know that everything was still proceeding as it should. I started graduate school like a week after I interviewed for the job and I remember thinking "I really hope I can get through at least a year of grad school before anything happens", which looking back seems laughably optimistic. At this point I've moved my time frame more to "I hope something happens before 2020".
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the_chavi posted:poo poo, it took them eight months just to sit me down for my security clearance renewal. My renewal was 2.5 years late; it was crazy.
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Mar 10, 2018 15:28
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Happy Tuesday, everyone! Nice and quiet day, just like I like em.
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the_chavi posted:Happy Tuesday, everyone! Nice and quiet day, just like I like em. Damage Report....
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Mar 13, 2018 18:04
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The reorganizing is going well, I see
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May you live in interesting times...
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the_chavi posted:Happy Tuesday, everyone! Nice and quiet day, just like I like em. This made me chuckle. But at least it looks like the hiring freeze is thawing.
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zzonkmiles posted:This made me chuckle. But at least it looks like the hiring freeze is thawing. Well yeah, they had to lift it, otherwise Pompeo couldn't come on board.
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Yeah gonna give the FSOT another shot in June I think, the fact that there was a 50% drop in applicants makes it more appealing.
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That's the one bright spot atm. There are so many positions open, anyone that gets in soon will have a clear advancement path for a while
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I was thinking about the same thing. But isn’t the drop in new hirings and promotions much greater than the drop in applicants?
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How tight are you with your A-100 class? Do you guys still keep in touch or have you kinda splintered off?
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zzonkmiles posted:How tight are you with your A-100 class? Do you guys still keep in touch or have you kinda splintered off? Keep in touch with a few but largely because we work in the same AORs. The ones I liked to hang out with socially have left State.
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zzonkmiles posted:How tight are you with your A-100 class? Do you guys still keep in touch or have you kinda splintered off? We had 20 in my Specialist class, really tight with 6, so much that we meet up in a different country every now and then. But friendly and still talk to everyone periodically.
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After 16+ years, about 1/3 of my class has retired/resigned/etc. Many of us still keep in touch and now find ourselves working together (remotely, if not physically) at the almost-upper-middle-management level. Oh, and we try to make sure good people get good jobs.
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What’s the general feel now that Tillerson is out?
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zzonkmiles posted:How tight are you with your A-100 class? Do you guys still keep in touch or have you kinda splintered off? Our class is maybe 10% no longer in the FS, and the email on our class listserv has dropped off quite a bit, but there are still periodic meetups when people are in DC. Since leaving the FS I've met up with a few others for dinner/drinks, so I wouldn't say we "splintered off", we're definitely still in touch. That said there are a handful of people from A-100 who I literally have not heard from in 5+ years.
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lol  https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/05/tillerson-state-department-consultants-503557
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Well I got PNG'd from Russia. I'm back in the states now. This was a pretty exciting way to end my first post!
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Haha welcome back. Are you bidding off the Now list then? Or are they working something out for you?
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HJE-Cobra posted:Well I got PNG'd from Russia. I'm back in the states now. Happened to one of my A-100 classmates in his first post too (from Venezuela). Sorry to hear it, but at least you've got a cool story!
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Some of the other IMSes who were with me have a list of like ten posts to choose from, but I'm actually in a pretty good position. I'd just hit 18 months at post, and was scheduled to depart around August to get to my next post in Yerevan in September. Instead I may be able to go in July. Yerevan was excited that I may get there early, since the guy I'd be replacing leaves in June. Since I'm over 18 months I don't have any problems with taking home leave. So nothing really changes that much for me, it's just a little earlier than planned.
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That's awesome that it worked out that well for you!
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Look at it this way, given the political situation, you might go to Yerevan and end up right back in Russia!
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HJE-Cobra posted:Well I got PNG'd from Russia. I'm back in the states now. Jesus. Sorry, man, that sucks - hope the disruption was as minimal as one could hope.
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HJE-Cobra posted:Well I got PNG'd from Russia. I'm back in the states now. Welcome back, although that’s an unfortunate way to get back. Enjoy the surprisingly early home leave!
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Pokes head out from language training hole after 9 months. Sees world. Returns to language training hole.
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Just locked in a ten-day trip to Spain and Morocco with the fam. Staying with FS friends for most of the trip. Sometimes, this lifestyle ain't bad.
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Man, we have the best jobs in the world.
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Last EER for this post is in and I just got my housing assignment for my onward. It's all down hill from here.
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zzonkmiles posted:Man, we have the best jobs in the world. Well, according to everybody’s EER, we do.
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