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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GS 9 is what PhD or Law degrees come in at if they are just out of school and have no experience. I don't think that's crazy. We can offer GS11 sometimes to them. GS7 is for BS/BA degrees. [b]If you think our ads are crazy, you should see the candidates we get. They're just not qualified.[/b] I think ads try to get more and more specific to weed out these candidates but it doesn't help. I wish they'd bring back KSAs or even maybe a short phone screening would be helpful. I hire for GS13/14s and at that level the person should be an expert with 10+ years of experience. It's very hard to find those people versus the people who do my job as an ancillary duty 5% of the time and aren't very familiar with my work. [/quote] I agree with OP and think USAJobs is nuts. I am a fed and have applied for more jobs than I can count that are a grade or two below my current grade and can’t get a bite. I’m trying to get a job that gives me a better commute- thus why I’m ok with a pay cut. Doing away with KSAs - the writing contest was good. Unfortunately, the new way of self-rating yourself is not much better m. If you don’t put yourself down as an “expert” for every skill, you won’t qualify for your resume to be forwarded. This is BS, because it encourages embellishment/lying on your application. In my job series and at my grade, very few are experts at every aspect of a the job. This applies to job candidates and even those currently doing the work. [/quote]
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