Anonymous wrote:I’ve hired people over age 50.

Were they already in Federal service?

Anonymous wrote:I am in my 30s and a hiring manager and would without a doubt hire someone over 50 if their experience and skills were appropriate or there was the potential for them to quickly build the skills.

Would you hire someone you didn't know? I've applied for government jobs before and, at the interview, had the feeling they had already selected their person before I arrived. In one case, my friend was hired, and she already knew the hiring manager. Of course, my friend was hired over me.

Anonymous wrote:Yes but you should be prepared to have managers who are 20 years younger than you and not piss them off by pretending you know more than them.

This is definitely true, but also you have to come in knowing that you’re entering an industry in which you have not worked before and still have to learn how it works. Successful transition to Federal work requires some true humility and willingness to share your knowledge and also learn new things without being arrogant about it.

Yes but you should be prepared to have managers who are 20 years younger than you and not piss them off by pretending you know more than them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

How many years does one have to put in to get medical post retirement?

5years

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

How many years does one have to put in to get medical post retirement?

Ten years. You have to be on federal health insurance for the years before it will follow you into retirement.

Five years.

https://www.opm.gov/support/retirement/faq/health-care-coverage/#:~:text=You%20must%20have%20been%20continuously,first%20opportunity%20to%20enroll%3B%20or

Yes, you can keep your existing health benefits coverage if you meet all of the following conditions:

You're enrolled in health care insurance under a federal plan when you retire;

You must have been continuously covered by a Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) program, TRICARE, or Civilian Health and Medical Program for Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) plan for 5 years immediately before retiring; during all of your federal employment since your first opportunity to enroll; or continuously for full periods of service beginning with the enrollment that started before January 1, 1965, and ending with the date on which you become an annuitant, whichever is shortest and

Your annuity payments start within 30 days

Government is weird like this. We either can hire direct from college or we need 10 years of experience. It means most of our applicants are 45+.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

I'm curious about the health insurance. What is required "to take the health insurance into retirement"?

Ten years service -- over your working lifetime? (can I count the 3-4 years I had 20 years ago?)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

I'm curious about the health insurance. What is required "to take the health insurance into retirement"?

Anonymous wrote:

You should hire a USAJobs resume expert

Examples? Who is?
np here

You can Google it. I took all the classes at work so sI didn’t hire anyone specific.

You should hire a USAJobs resume expert

Examples? Who is?
np here

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

How many years does one have to put in to get medical post retirement?

Ten years. You have to be on federal health insurance for the years before it will follow you into retirement.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if he is qualified. It is hard to get one but not because of his age.

This. I hire at my agency and we often bring in mid career or later. It can be hard to take a pay cut at that age though, and you won’t be able to maximize the pension. You will be able to take the health insurance into retirement, though, so that’s huge.

How many years does one have to put in to get medical post retirement?

My agency (state) is way more likely to hire someone 50 than 25. Our average age is 47. TBH, it's one of the reasons I took this job at 44--protection against ageism.

In your 50s, you still have 10 years to offer. Nowadays lots of people at all ages change jobs after only a few years. So no worries in that department.