anyone get a fed job for an open annoucement recently?

[Anonymous]

My husband did in April. Fits what you described but he did put in a word after he made the initial round. Took about 15 months of trying and wasn't easy or smooth.

[Anonymous]

Have been referred lots, have interviewed but no offer...

[Anonymous]

I started in January. But the job I took was a direct hire position- veterans preference didn't come into play. My agency is hiring again but now it's competitive- there were no non-vets who made the current referral list.

[Anonymous]

A year ago yes. I was meticulous about the application. I had a friend that is a federal employee look over it. And DH reviewed it for any errors. Whole process took 6 months from application to starting day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did, about 1 year ago...but I have a PhD in a specialized fiend and was very familiar with the problem space. Since they required the PhD in this field, and there were no status or preference people looking, I got the offer. However, it came in at 1/2 my current salary.

Were you coming from industry? All the science PhDs I know who went into academia are getting paid less than a GS-14 and they work a hell of a lot harder.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but Foreign Service not Civil Service. Tough process to go through, but the career is amazing.

[Anonymous]

Yes, about 3 months ago. I did get help with my federal resume from non-agency fed friends.

[Anonymous]

PP here again-I should have added that I'm in a field that rarely, if ever, sees qualified vets apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP but it is so hard to get in. They want technical expertise that only someone who's done that EXACT job before could be qualified for. The requirements are insane.

My sister is biologist and they asked if she had performed very rare testing on animals as one of her questions. The only people who would even do this test are current USDA biologists! Questions like that are set up to fail people. The HR office ended up not getting one qualified candidate and had to repost the job.

They're not set up to fail people, they're set up to find the right people. If the job requires specialized knowledge they have every right to ask for it. If they find no one, they repost. It isn't a huge conspiracy.

[Anonymous]

I did, for an expected service position (not attorney or anything scientific).

[Anonymous]

I started my 1st fed job monday. Technical/computing.