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Do you accept VA mortgages?
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Mar 12, 2019 00:48
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EBB posted:Do you accept VA mortgages? No, but we will accept Western Sky
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Mar 12, 2019 00:55
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Well, it is Week 8, and I want to die. I want to build a time machine, and go back 6 weeks and slap myself for thinking that working full time, going to school full time, and taking on an Internship for the work based learning credits was a good idea. I really should have paid attention to the fact that my electronics class is 4 credit hours, and that this paid internship only gives me - 1 -. The up sides are that the job I am doing is handled by 2 guys in a factory employing a few thousand, and they have been doing it for 25 years. So yay, job security and a somewhat specialized skill set right out of the box. It pays pretty well, and circuit boards don't talk back. My boss is using words like "If you decide to stay with the company" instead of "If you get hired in...", so I must be doing ok. I am making more at this internship than I am in my day job, and the combined paychecks are nice. The down side is I am only home to maybe sleep, and I am having real problems keeping Coffee in me, namely I cannot bring Coffee into the Clean Rooms. I need to figure this problem out as the alternative that is actually sleeping is not going to happen for another 8 or so weeks. Wait, Spring break is next week. I MIGHT be able to sleep, but probably not. I cannot wait for this to end. As an aside, does anyone have a quick and easy guide to boolean algebra?
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Mar 12, 2019 01:52
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Anybody remember if you need to physically sign out on your last day/ETS date or is it just start terminal leave and seeya later? I have a residency week in NY the same week as my ETS date and I'm stationed at Campbell.
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Mar 12, 2019 01:57
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I was on terminal and didn't sign out, when I got my DD-214 it was marked SM UNAVAIL SIGN or similar.. (This was in 92/93 though)
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Mar 12, 2019 02:01
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As long as you're signed out on terminal you should be fine. I was quite literally halfway across the country in buttfuck nowhere when my ETS date hit. You should be able to pick up your DD-214 ahead of time.
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Mar 12, 2019 02:02
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I got my DD214, then came back after midnight to sign out on terminal because the ncoic was a dickhead. It should all be laid out in the ets clearing paperwork that you get from batt/brigade
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Mar 12, 2019 02:12
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Left for home on terminal. Don’t recall if I had a DD-214 in hand at the time. Didn’t have to do anything when terminal ended either.
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Mar 12, 2019 02:39
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:The requirements for entry level roles are often laughable. You’re paying me how little and you want five years experience in this niche field that’s eight years old and I just graduated??? My gf was looking for work and minimum wage receptionist roles wanted like three years experience as a receptionist The position I applied for is a GS-11. It's basically a budget slash HR position. The announcement said if you're solely using education as the criteria, it wants a PhD. holocaust bloopers posted:Left for home on terminal. Don’t recall if I had a DD-214 in hand at the time. Didn’t have to do anything when terminal ended either. I was warned ahead of time that I had to be in uniform to sign out on terminal leave.
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Mar 12, 2019 02:41
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I left last year. ETS was end of July, got my DD-214 and signed out on terminal in early July. No problems.
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Mar 12, 2019 02:44
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App13 posted:With your veteran status I recommend looking into USGS/EPA technician positions. The starting pay is the same as private sector (crappy) but the quality of life is way higher and you have more room to grow. thanks I sometimes see a few jobs here and there that seem like I am qualified for (or will be next year with a degree in hand) on the usajobs. I'd like to get in around GS-5, maybe like a pathways internship or whatever. My upper-division classwork and half of my field studies are in hydrogeology and other near-surface processes so I guess I'm in one of the more marketable geo- fields of study. I guess I should write an extremely verbose resume
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Mar 12, 2019 16:12
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GD_American posted:The position I applied for is a GS-11. It's basically a budget slash HR position. Yep GS-11 is PhD land, GS-9 if you’re in a highly educated area. At my job they just hired on 2 GS-5’s with masters degrees and a bunch of experience, a a GS-9 with her PhD and postdoc experience. It’s insane. To put this in perspective, GS5 pays like $17/hr here and it’s a scientific research agency with fierce competition DownByTheWooter posted:thanks Pathways internships are dope and definitely the way to go if you’re still in school. I graduate in May and already have a full time position in my dream agency thanks to completing my pathways program
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Mar 12, 2019 16:14
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App13 posted:Yep GS-11 is PhD land, GS-9 if you’re in a highly educated area. I've seen a lot of Pathways positions that were for recent grad or early-arc grad students, too but building resume and applying to stuff now won't hurt. I don't think I can really work until my classes are over, though. I'm just barely surviving my studies as it is.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:29
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App13 posted:Yep GS-11 is PhD land, GS-9 if you’re in a highly educated area. Holy poo poo. A guy I used to work with is a retired master sgt with a high school degree and he's a GS-13.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:34
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DownByTheWooter posted:I've seen a lot of Pathways positions that were for recent grad or early-arc grad students, too but building resume and applying to stuff now won't hurt. I don't think I can really work until my classes are over, though. I'm just barely surviving my studies as it is. The hiring process takes about 4 months on average so I would keep that in mind when you start applying places! Cojawfee posted:Holy poo poo. A guy I used to work with is a retired master sgt with a high school degree and he's a GS-13. Yeah it’s loving insane. People just want to get into the agency and they’re willing to take a 50% pay cut to do it. Myself included
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Mar 12, 2019 16:36
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Cojawfee posted:Holy poo poo. A guy I used to work with is a retired master sgt with a high school degree and he's a GS-13. Is he in intel or IT?
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Mar 12, 2019 16:41
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Nick Soapdish posted:Is he in intel or IT? He's IT for intel.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:58
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So any tips on federal resumes or the federal application process? This poo poo is maddening, just applied to a few random positions that I should in theory qualify for but who knows if my application will ever see the light of day.
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Mar 12, 2019 21:36
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App13 posted:Yep GS-11 is PhD land, GS-9 if you’re in a highly educated area. That's loving cuckoo. My agency's second career step is a 9-11, and that's with a bachelor's, maybe a master's to be more competitive. Supervisors are GS-12, still no postgrad required (but bachelor's are less competitive). GS-13 for ADMs I think is the first area that genuinely requires postgrad. I mean, we're loving clerks. Who the gently caress is going to get a PhD to shuffle paper?
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Mar 12, 2019 22:08
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Those job requirements are often such-and-such education or some combination of education and relevant experience. Even if you don't have a graduate degree in paper shuffling, you should apply if you can demonstrate that combination of education and experience. You're likely more qualified than most other applicants, anyway.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:32
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The ARTs in our squadron are almost all 11s, and a bunch of them only have CCAF.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:05
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Here I am trying to get my foot in the door with GS7 jobs.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:06
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Anybody ever have to deal with using your security clearance after you ETS? Mine's good until 2021 I think but I ETS this year. Do they revoke that as soon as you ETS?
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Mar 13, 2019 00:42
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What kind of clearance is it? For TS, when you stop using it, it becomes inactive and expires two years after that.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:53
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I got hired as a 10 step 3 because that's the highest that they could hire 
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Mar 13, 2019 02:20
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They don't revoke it. There's different status based on when the last time you accessed material: Active, Valid Clearance: Can be read in to material immediately [you can list your clearance on the resume] Inactive, Valid Clearance: Requires reactivation but can then be read in to material [you can list your clearance on the resume] If you don't access classified material within two years it becomes inactive. For the military, they start that clock at your ETS. For contractors, it's the last time you were on a classified project.
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Mar 13, 2019 02:31
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I think it also downgrades once you leave active and hit reserves /guard.
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Mar 13, 2019 02:37
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I'm talking just a basic Secret clearance and once I ETS. I'm told it expires in 2021 but I would think they revoke it once you ETS.
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Mar 13, 2019 05:51
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Syrian Lannister posted:I think it also downgrades once you leave active and hit reserves /guard. Not true depending on your MOS/duty position. There are a huge amount of guard & reserve w/ TS/SCI. The requirements don't change based on component, for example basically all MI MOS require TS/SCI to be MOS qualified.
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Mar 13, 2019 07:10
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I didn’t know that. I know I downgraded once I hit my reserve med labs.
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Mar 13, 2019 09:26
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Triggs posted:I'm talking just a basic Secret clearance and once I ETS. I'm told it expires in 2021 but I would think they revoke it once you ETS. Nope, it doesn't go away. A two year clock starts once you ETS before it falls under Inactive, Valid. Then it expires for real in 2021 unless you get someone to renew it.
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Mar 13, 2019 15:07
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Vasudus posted:Nope, it doesn't go away. A two year clock starts once you ETS before it falls under Inactive, Valid. Then it expires for real in 2021 unless you get someone to renew it.
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Mar 13, 2019 15:35
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It stops every time you join an org that uses the clearance. I managed to keep mine going by first going in the reserves about 8 months after my active ETS, and then with three contracting companies.
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Mar 13, 2019 15:58
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I'm actually curious on that clock. My SSBI was out of date in 2016 or 2017 so my TS/SCI is almost certainly gone since I didn't have a reinvestigation, but I might still have an inactive Secret depending on when that 2 year clock started. That depends if the clock started on ETS from the Guard or when my IRR time expired. Might be useful in job seeking I guess. FWIW IRR can renew your clearance, especially if you have a job that requires it to be MOS-Q, although I was too lazy/short of time to deal with them.
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Mar 13, 2019 16:01
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Always a good time when the math prof is lazy and uses homework problems for the midterm. 
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Mar 15, 2019 01:11
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I applied to a job at the VA last week and the position closed a few days later. Today I got categorized as "Best Qualified" and referred to the hiring manager. That seems kind of quick? It's for a GS-5 position that is kind of general (in that it only requires experience or any 4 yr degree to qualify) and not at all related to my degree, so it's not something I'm super interested in. On the other hand it's local, better than being unemployed and also starts the clock on federal work. Is there any downside to taking a GS-5 position like this while I'm actively searching for other (higher paying and within my field) federal stuff? Flying_Crab fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Mar 15, 2019 |
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Mar 15, 2019 06:52
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not to be a buzz kill but I got that a bunch and then nothing. Are you using your disability status for preference? I think that automatically bumps you to “best qualified” etc
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Mar 15, 2019 07:20
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Yeah, I have 10 point/non-competitive eligibility. They're hiring 9 people for this location and I have somewhat of a direct referral to the position. Not saying it's a lock but I'd wager I have a pretty good shot. My understanding with preference is that you're dumped into one of two pools, qualified or best qualified and that preference goes in order in each respective pool. So basically I'm competing with other 10 point preference people within the best qualified pool. Flying_Crab fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Mar 15, 2019 |
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Mar 15, 2019 07:36
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Getting your foot in the door in the Federal system might be good. I didn't have any luck myself back when I was trying to get an internship. I spent a few hours messing with my USAJobs resume, and another hour filling out application poo poo for a USGS internship. Right towards the end they asked some pointed questions that made it clear what they really wanted was somebody in an environmental sciences master's program. The description hadn't said anything about that. I punched submit anyway since I'd already wasted all that time but knew deep down I wasn't even going to get called on that one.
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DoktorLoken posted:On the other hand it's local, better than being unemployed and also starts the clock on federal work. Is there any downside to taking a GS-5 position like this while I'm actively searching for other (higher paying and within my field) federal stuff? There’s a trade off. If you’re really after a bigger grade job, then hiring in as a GS-5 is bad b/c you can only jump two grades within that agency. But, if you have bills to pay, and need to get a door in the federal system, there’s your choice. It happened to me. Thankfully the job was a GS5-GS8, jumping a grade every year.
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