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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The federal government is a big place, a diverse place, with lots of different departments, bureaus, agencies and components that do lots of different things.  There are nearly three million federal employees.  Each department or agency manages its own hiring process.  Within those agencies the hiring office has a lot of discretion regarding what qualifications they will require, how long the announcement will be open, and what factos will play a part in ranking applicants.  Beyond that, variations exist based on the type of position being filled and the grade level of that position.

I really do not understand how people can expect a blanket answer to this question that would be at all meaningful. 
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Excellent points, I agree with you.

But, it's also true that many (most?) agencies are dealing with hiring freezes right now.  That doesn't mean it's impossible to hire, but it's really hard.  When they do hire, it may be "easier" to move FTE around within the agency than to add FTE by hiring someone from the outside.  And even when hiring from the outside, somebody with agency experience will have an easier time demonstrating they can do the job best.  So when PPs say you have to already be a fed, I think they're right, at least right now.  Not because of cronyism, but because of the budget.[/quote]

Sure, but there are 396 announcements open for GS-9 and above positions open in the DC metro area today.  The hiring "freeze" is really just a hiring slump that I have to imagine matches the employment slump of the private sector.  Certainly, many of those jobs will likely be filled by an "internal" hire, but I'm not sure that is very different from any private employer.  And I work for "an independent agency" that has a lot of hiring flexibilities.  Our hiring mentality is actually slanted toward private sector hires in an effort to get in "new blood" and not get bogged down in "big government."

I guess I just don't understand the mentality of wanting to get "a government job."  Decide what you want to do and what you do well, and then go after those jobs regardless of whether they are private or public.  It seems to me that one of the reasons why people like the OP are not getting a "government job" may be that they are not showing true competency and commitment to the field that he/she is applying for.[/quote]

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