I'm a lot more careful in a resume than posting on DCUM from my cell phone. Anyway, I'm not the one with resume issues.

Make the fewer/less mistake on a resume and it will be tossed out. Just trying to help.

I also wrote "thus". Want to bitch about that also? Or *as well?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes they make the opening short in order to get less resumes. At my husband's agency HR will do thus when there is no specific applicant.

I also wouldn't assume they list relocation because different HRs do different things. Not always sense to it.

*fewer

give me a break, grammar police. I'm attempting to take time to be helpful. It's comments like this that make people less likely to be nice to others.

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes they make the opening short in order to get less resumes. At my husband's agency HR will do thus when there is no specific applicant.

I also wouldn't assume they list relocation because different HRs do different things. Not always sense to it.

*fewer

Sometimes they make the opening short in order to get less resumes. At my husband's agency HR will do thus when there is no specific applicant.

I also wouldn't assume they list relocation because different HRs do different things. Not always sense to it.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everybody. I doubt this has anything to do with relocation expenses. If they don't want to pay, they say so directly. I'm more curious about things like this:

Anonymous wrote:I assume that they know who they want for the job and are trying to narrow the pool of applicants.

I doubt the HR contact will be able to enlighten me about stuff like this.

If the time to apply is short, eg, 1 week when it normally would be 2 or more weeks, that may be an indicator that they already have someone specific in mind but have to put out the notice to comply with the law.

OP here. Thank you everybody. I doubt this has anything to do with relocation expenses. If they don't want to pay, they say so directly. I'm more curious about things like this:

Anonymous wrote:I assume that they know who they want for the job and are trying to narrow the pool of applicants.

I doubt the HR contact will be able to enlighten me about stuff like this.

I assume that they know who they want for the job and are trying to narrow the pool of applicants.

I'd assume the posting is only for federal employees and they are not approved to pay relocation expenses. I agree you should call the number.

I am guessing it applies to all applicants. Call the contact # at the bottom to confirm. GL.

Does anybody know why some job announcements on USAJOBS list "LOCAL COMMUTING AREA" under "Who May Apply"?

Example

LOCAL COMMUTING AREA: Current or Former Federal Employees with Competitive Status; Reinstatement Eligibles; OPM Interchange Agreement Eligibles

Does "LOCAL COMMUTING AREA" apply to current and former employees only, or does it apply to everybody listed?