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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Federal Hr specialist here. There are no downsides to being hired as Direct Hire if it’s your first appointment in the Federal Service.

Direct Hire is simply a hiring flexibility authorized by OPM for certain positions that are deemed hard to fill, essentially. It allows for the hiring manager to have a faster certificate of candidates because the candidates all only have to meet the specialized experience statement (there are no assessment questions, rating, or Veteran’s preference rules applied). The hiring official can then select from the list, and from there, the normal hiring rules apply about setting pay.

The PP above who was told that he couldn’t get step 7 because of direct hire - I don’t see how that’s how related at all. Federal pay is always set at step 1 of the grade under GS, though new appointments can try to argue that their superior qualifications are enough to bring them in at a higher grade. Some agencies allow this a lot, others never do, and a lot of it depends on HR strictness because it has to be approved by Hr, not just the hiring manager.

If you are coming from one federal position to a direct hire position, note that you may have to redo your probationary period, since this is a different kind of appointment. [/quote]

I am the step 7 PP.  they said as a competitive hire they would have approved step 7 given my qualifications, but wouldn’t do that as a direct hire.  In their mind, the standard was different, or at least they applied it differently in those two contexts.

It is hardly the only time a Fed HR has either been outright wrong, or at least had odd interpretations of the rules.[/quote]

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