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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes put the interim job on your resume.

I would take the private sector job. I'm a fed and it's not what it's cracked up to be. I applied in June 2013 and started in February 2014 at the new job. It takes forever to get hired!![/quote]

OP here. I am in a field that doesn't have many opportunities for salary increases in the private sector (probably would top out at around $70k and it would take me probably a decade or two to get to that compensation) whereas the GS scale for this position would be at GS 11 (I think around $63k) in only 3 years and there's no way I could be at a comparable level in the private sector in such a short amount of time. This is one aspect of the fed job that is really appealing to me (in addition to the actual responsibilities and agency), so I understand the gripe about the private vs. public sector but in my particular field I think it would be wise to go the fed route.

[quote=Anonymous]Absolutely take the offer you have in hand.

As others have mentioned, MANY things can happen between where you are (job hasn't even been posted yet) and an offer... budget cuts or other FTE issues could mean that it never gets posted, you could not make the cert (I have seen this happen to hand-selected candidates more often than I'd like to admit), a vet could out-preference you... the list goes on.

If you do get an offer, the security clearance process you are describing could take almost a YEAR, not the 2-4 months you are imagining.

Take the offer you have.  If you get an offer for the fed position, you will likely have been in the new job for long enough that it won't look bad on your resume.[/quote]

Wow, I had no idea that clearances could take such a long time. With that in mind, I think I would be foolish not to take the 20% salary increase in the meantime. If it does really take that long, I would definitely put the new job on my resume because that would be a very long gap to explain away. I figured with 1-2 months it might not be worth it but it's clear that the fed doesn't work even that quickly. Thank you all for the advice!![/quote]

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