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the popes toes posted:Hey, thanks. Just popping in after retirement to say it's all worth it. Oh poo poo dude - sup.
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Hey. All is well? Me and my feral cat have established clearly defined goals and employ a wide variety of mechanisms to communicate and coordinate our retirement activities across a wide spectrum of hedonism mostly. We have formed a foundation of future success with our suburban neighbors by building a rapport founded on mutual suspicion. I do wish I had someone from GSO to mow my lawn however. It's in my area for improvement.
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Howard Phillips posted:Any last minute advice on the FSOA? I've done a live practice session off of the yahoo group. Will be reviewing the flow and format of the OA again. The Group Exercise is not a competition.
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Nutrimentia posted:The Group Exercise is not a competition. This, 1000%
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In true FS fashion, I can't write my EER to save my life, but I'm pretty good at editing others. So, if anyone wants to pass me their statements for review, I'm happy to offer what little wisdom I have to offer.
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Is it admissible to start your EER: "I'm not eligible for promotion this year, so feel free to just stop here and mid-rank me. But, if you insist or are looking back from a future panel when I am eligible..." I was just curious.
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I'm using H. I. McDunnough and Ellis "Red" Redding's parole hearings as inspiration for my eer this year.
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1of7 posted:Is it admissible to start your EER: A panel will only see it when you are eligible for promotion, so write for the panel. Or not!
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Business of Ferrets posted:A panel will only see it when you are eligible for promotion, so write for the panel. Or not! Don't they still have to review them all? If not, does being ineligible also mean you don't have to worry about being low-ranked?
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Would this be the place to ask humanitarian/development org questions or is that too off topic?
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1of7 posted:Don't they still have to review them all? If not, does being ineligible also mean you don't have to worry about being low-ranked? If you’re not up for review, you can’t be low ranked. The panel has access to your whole packet (not sure if only back to your last promotion) but will only see your packet if you’re up for consideration that year.
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Mauser posted:Would this be the place to ask humanitarian/development org questions or is that too off topic? PRM alumna. Go for it. If I don't know, I can probably direct you to somewhere with answers.
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I saw the cable earlier this week. Congrats to those of you who made tenure!
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I got pretty far in the process one time when I applied on the consular track as a foreign service officer. I've since transitioned to the IT field, but my interest in foreign service still remains. Just curious if there are sort of 'IT track' in the same way there is a consular track, and if so, does anyone have any experience with that?
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You'll want to check out the Foreign Service Specialist listings (scroll down to information technology): https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/specialist/career-tracks/ I think some/one of the posters in the thread worrks in that role.
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eonwe posted:I got pretty far in the process one time when I applied on the consular track as a foreign service officer. I've since transitioned to the IT field, but my interest in foreign service still remains. Just curious if there are sort of 'IT track' in the same way there is a consular track, and if so, does anyone have any experience with that? Yes, also consider Management Generalist.
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Ugh. On R&R, and my OpenNet password just expired... in the middle of a week-long local holiday, when no one can reset it so I can log in to email. So much for planning a VIP visit the day after I get back to post.
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the_chavi posted:Ugh. On R&R, and my OpenNet password just expired... in the middle of a week-long local holiday, when no one can reset it so I can log in to email. So much for planning a VIP visit the day after I get back to post. oh dont worry it happens to a lot of ELOs. just try and be more attentive next time around 
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The Mantis posted:oh dont worry it happens to a lot of ELOs. just try and be more attentive next time around Ahh piss off. I was on R&R. Don't worry, I'm back in country and am regretting signing up to cover Iran for the section during a three-month staffing gap...
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My cubicle mate and I are both on the civil service quality step increase list 
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Slaan posted:My cubicle mate and I are both on the civil service quality step increase list Congrats!
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This is interesting. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1144636813803425793?s=20
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She doesn't go so far as to say she'll end political appointments, she just says she won't give the posts to wealthy donors or bundlers. I thought maybe she'd go all the way.
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There have been many very good politically appointed ambassadors.
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No true Scotsman has been a very good ambo
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Some quick browsing through the thread, and my interest is piqued. Is this something active duty military transition into reasonably well?
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NovaLion posted:Some quick browsing through the thread, and my interest is piqued. Absolutely. Start applying a year before separation.
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Question about multiple applications/background check stuff: So first off, I got pretty far into the application process for DSSA, passed my background check but didn't pass my suitability review. I used to smoke weed quite a bit in college, and a few times after, and the big thing they cited on my denial was that I was a Peace Corps Volunteer and I returned home to America during my service and smoked weed, which broke the "morality contract" or whatever I had signed to enter Peace Corps that said I wouldn't use drugs even out of country. I know that the DSSA background check is significantly more in-depth than other ones, and I do recall seeing several job descriptions that said something like "If you have failed a background check in the past X years you are not eligible to apply (this does not apply to those who did not pass a DSSA background check)". I got the notification I didn't make the cut about a year ago, and I was looking to take the FSOT in October. Will that cause some sort of problems should I make it to another suitability review for the foreign service? I know there is time limits on some stuff. Second, I took the FSOT last June and passed, but with a really low score and I was still in grad school so I decided not to move forward. I just never turned in my Personal Narratives (or whatever stage two is), so I didn't know if I would be disqualified for some specific amount of time for that.
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Yorkshire Pudding posted:Second, I took the FSOT last June and passed, but with a really low score and I was still in grad school so I decided not to move forward. I just never turned in my Personal Narratives (or whatever stage two is), so I didn't know if I would be disqualified for some specific amount of time for that. If you don't do the PN, there's no penalty, it's just the standard "one application per 12 months" waiting period.
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To all the people currently serving at hardship posts to satisfy the fair-share requirement: 
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AKA Pseudonym posted:To all the people currently serving at hardship posts to satisfy the fair-share requirement: No kidding.
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AKA Pseudonym posted:To all the people currently serving at hardship posts to satisfy the fair-share requirement:
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Diplomatic courier has opened up after many years, gonna give it a shot. Any advice for my dumbass? What are they looking for?
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If I'm trying to get into consular work, are there particular skill sets or certifications I should go for to help my application if I've only ever worked in the medical field? I'm a pharmD but the career field is imploding due to a variety of reasons and I'd rather get out sooner than later. I went digging around on the consular fellows program website after looking into a listing on USAjobs, but I'm not entirely sure what would help. I've been working on learning Japanese for fun for a while but it wasn't listed on the LTI information that I saw either.
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:If I'm trying to get into consular work, are there particular skill sets or certifications I should go for to help my application if I've only ever worked in the medical field? I'm a pharmD but the career field is imploding due to a variety of reasons and I'd rather get out sooner than later. I went digging around on the consular fellows program website after looking into a listing on USAjobs, but I'm not entirely sure what would help. I've been working on learning Japanese for fun for a while but it wasn't listed on the LTI information that I saw either.
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Casual Yogurt posted:Diplomatic courier has opened up after many years, gonna give it a shot. Any advice for my dumbass? What are they looking for? I'll never forget this description: Business of Ferrets posted:a pathological need to live on airplanes There are some other good responses on page 5 if you follow that quote link
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Gobbeldygook posted:People have been predicting the imminent implosion of pharmacy for decades, has something changed recently or the same old "too many people for too few jobs that robots are 100% going to take"? Fred's and Rite Aid getting bought out with mass closures, Walmart had a mass firing in the pharmacy department and restructured to single pharmacist per business day wherever possible, starting salaries are down in retail from ~60/hr to 40 and dropping, further squeezes forecast because pharmacy schools can't slow down pumping people out or they collapse and PBM's aren't disappearing. It's miserable work and it's only going to get worse for the foreseeable future. Rumor mill has Walmart targeting $30-35/hr for new grads within a couple of years, which is unconscionably low for people getting out of 7-8 years of school with $200k in debt and will have to fight for 6 months or more for jobs. I've been stuck for nearly 2 years as a PRN only pharmacist because my big blue company would rather hire new grads they can skin alive than someone who graduated in 2015. So I average between 10-40 hours per month based on how many people need to take a vacation or have to retire because they had a stroke at work and scheduling wouldn't help them find coverage. I went into it with the advice that it was steady, well paying work that would allow me to do all the things I really cared about that couldn't pay a living. Well, I gave up 10 years of my life for it and it's not even providing that. So while I have this time I want to pursue things that I care about and am interested in for a change. Edit: An interesting data point is that, traditionally, Retail Rx jobs paid significantly more per hour, partly because of higher demand and partly because the work was considerably more stressful and antagonistic towards labor. When I graduated in 2015 the practice of sign on bonuses and contracts had ended but you could easily expect ~$63/hr or more for retail, and hospital would start ~$52-54/hr. In 2019, hospital pay is still hovering around $50/hr but retail is now at parity at best but the job responsibilities have ballooned and your staffing is going to be even worse. Dr. Red Ranger fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Aug 1, 2019 |
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I had what I thought was an excellent candidacy for courier the last time it was open (like 6-7 years ago?) except I put down that I had limited experience of traveling via cargo ship, as I had only worked on one in port for a month and not actually sailed on it. I was automatically rejected. So I guess you should put down that you were born on a cargo ship or something, I don't know.
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One of the guys at my job actually got through the entire process to become a courier and was on the hiring list. They never called him up for the training at FSI. Poor guy, he was pretty excited about it He's a gs-13 now at least and doesn't have to babysit briefcases on 15 hour flights at least, so it's not all bad
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:Fred's and Rite Aid getting bought out with mass closures, Walmart had a mass firing in the pharmacy department and restructured to single pharmacist per business day wherever possible, starting salaries are down in retail from ~60/hr to 40 and dropping, further squeezes forecast because pharmacy schools can't slow down pumping people out or they collapse and PBM's aren't disappearing. It's miserable work and it's only going to get worse for the foreseeable future. Rumor mill has Walmart targeting $30-35/hr for new grads within a couple of years, which is unconscionably low for people getting out of 7-8 years of school with $200k in debt and will have to fight for 6 months or more for jobs. I've been stuck for nearly 2 years as a PRN only pharmacist because my big blue company would rather hire new grads they can skin alive than someone who graduated in 2015. So I average between 10-40 hours per month based on how many people need to take a vacation or have to retire because they had a stroke at work and scheduling wouldn't help them find coverage. My cousin just graduated from a school in one of the largest metros in the country and he was the only person to get a job within 150 miles of campus because the market is so saturated.
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