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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore my last question. New question. Would it be better to work for a contracting company over the government?[/quote]

We are trying to tell you that you are not going to get hired as a Fed doing the type of work you put in the OP. Let's say, for the sake of example, that the Department of Labor posts a job at the GS - 5 level for general office support. I don't think this is a realistic example, but bear with me. They will get thousands, yes thousands of applications. Every applicant who is forwarded to the hiring manager will have veterans preference. In a lower level job such as this one, it is likely that many of those veterans will be qualified. On the other end of the spectrum, someone close to me is a hiring manager for a position requiring a PhD in economics. This is non-negotiable for the required work duties. He still receives lists from HR's vetting process consisting of veterans with unrelated experience. HR is completely broken.

Do some research on the companies that win contracts at the agencies you want to work for, doing the type of work you are qualified to do. Start with "support services contracts". We're not going to do your job search for you. [/quote]

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