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[quote=Anonymous]DH is a contractor at a large agency.  There are very  few actual fed positions in his field posted at the agency  (maybe 1 every 18-24 months) and of course there are lots f current contractors who would be interested in applying.  The majority of times the fed position is only open to current federal employees and posted for less than 2 weeks, which makes it seem as if the decision has already been made.  Often it ends up being someone who is obviously being dumped from another position or agency.  I understand that sometimes you might know who you want to hire or promote or whatever, but it seems as if they are ruling out many qualified, eager candidates. We know of one situation where a very hard working and extremely competent contractor ended up getting a federal position which was great and well deserved, but that is the exception.  I understand that it's probably cheaper to just keep using contractors but it's frustrating and demoralizing for him.  I am in a management position in the private sector and while we often promote from within, I would never want to shut out a large group of potential applicants.   [/quote]

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