Special Consideration

[bigoc]

I have found information on disable veterans being able to apply to federal jobs after the application process has already closed or to get a non-competitive appointment.

Anyone have any experience or information on this?

I understand the the point system advantage, this is something completely different. 

[BoonDoc]

You could look around at http://www.usajobs.gov/ and see what is in demand, and interests you.

BoonDoc

I have found information on disable veterans being able to apply to federal jobs after the application process has already closed or to get a non-competitive appointment.

Anyone have any experience or information on this?

I understand the the point system advantage, this is something completely different. 

[Papa]

BoonDoc, Thank you so much for this reminder, I should have thought about this on my first reply. If CHRIS111 has not completed school, and may want to look under USAJOBS for the SEP Program. This is for people who are going to school, high school and college. They work so many hours, gain experience and make some $$$$ also.

Papa

[jbasser]

Federal jobs are not easy to get even for disabled vets. I worked for the VA and the post office. I found mobility inside these organizations depended more on who you know rather than what you know. I was offered a job as a AFT agent, but did not want to chase moonshiners and gun runners in Kentucky. Most openings you see posted are already filled by insiders. The feds put a person in a job that is vacant and then when the official opening comes up then they put the "most qualified" person in the job. The most qualified person is the guy or girl who has been doing it for a year already. Get a degree in something real like accounting or pharmacy and you can work lots of places. Really, the feds are awful. Nepotism is rampant and the good old boy network rules the roost. I worked for them because I needed a job with good insurance.

Moonshine, that brings back memories.

John you are correct about the nepotisim and other events that go on in the Government hiring practices.

J

[Chris111]

hi i applied for a supervisory position in DC back a couple of months ago and the status reads "Referred as a Veterans Equal Opportunity Act 105-339 eligible under competitive procedures". My question is how many for levels are there until i know I've been selected?

The position is WS- 09/09, not sure what the 09/09 means?

[john999]

Chris

You should get a letter telling you if you have been hired or not. If it is competative position they give you an edge being a vet, but there are many other factors to consider. You may or may not get the job depending on the competition. Federal jobs are hard to get due to incredible sleezy employment practice. Usually, the feds have someone in the position doing the job already. They automatically become best qualified. I am saying don't hold your breath on this unless you have the inside track. I worked for the VA many years ago. I had a college degree and put in for many promotions. I got beat out by insiders every time. It is not what yo know but who you know inside the institution.

[cannoncocker]

When I got out of the service I went to work as aq supply technician for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools as a GS-5 DAC (Department of the Army Civilian) It was basically primarily open for dependents but if you pumped in the right language, hit it off with the interviewer.....plain luck you got the job. Being a veteran has never played any part in me working for the government. Depending on your age and education i would scour the planet looking for intern positions, though I have seen retirees in intern positions, but again it is who you know. I have to say if you are looking for a job and the hiring authority/interviewer is a lt. colonel and you were a sarg. and the other applicants were all civilians who do you think is going to get hired?

IMHO the biggest factor is your willingness to move to where the job is. Apply until your printer runs out of ink. You roll the dice enough and sooner or later. You can't just apply for any job you qualify for, it has to be open, hence an intern position is usually open to most anyone.

You would start in some high cost of living area at a low level like a 5 or 7 but the job will be targeted to an 11 or 12.

I have had a Vocational Rehab Rep tell me straight up they are not an employment agency, nothing to see here keep moving.

It takes determination and being single where you can move at will helps unless you live in ny or dc where it is hard for them to fill slots because they don't pay enough to live on. I had a job as a safety specialist in Bayonne, NJ and my landlord actually laughed at me when I told him how much I got paid as a GS-7. You're gonna have to pay some dues unless you know a short cut i don't, but being a vet was irrelevant other than on a social level.