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[quote=Anonymous]Is this a political appointee position? Probably not since you say competitive service. I'm confused because most of the time Special Assistant positions are political. I don't know entirely about the difference between excepted service and competitive. Is Competitive better? I think I've always been excepted. What is the difference?

I was a Special Assistant who was a political appointee. I've also been a career employee. I also had a political position that felt more like a career position (they needed more people in one area and I temporarily did the work the careers were doing while we were between assistant secretaries).

Personally, I prefer the career work, where I have my own cases and book of business and don't have to support a principle.

But it really depends on your personality, goals, and age.

it some ways supporting a principle might be seen as sexier. You might be cued into or brought into meetings, high level strategizing etc. You will do schmoozing and meet a lot of people potentially.

But if the principle sucks, your life can be miserable.

And yeah it can be kinda secretarial. Is there a confidential assistant who will do more of the low level work? is there a good scheduler? Or will that be your job?

Me personally, I'd rather come in, do a job on things I find interesting, and fly below the radar and not have to deal with the egos and demands of principles.

But what's the deal with excepted vs competitive? if competitive is better that could be a big swaying factor.

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