^^our entry level positions do not require special experience.

Not me personally, but my agency does hire under different authorities. The most successful is the program where they hire students and recent grads. I forget what it's called, but the announcement always goes to USAJOBS. I was also hired under one of the programs before Obama put an end to it.

Most positions at my agency are only open to internal candidates. The veterans often don't possess the needed skills, despite what their resumes and online degrees may say.

Same here. We only go external if a position is unfilled for months. That being said my agency recently hired many new people (some vets, many not) just before the end of the fiscal year. But currently we have a hiring freeze.

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, any military spouses been hired lately?

I know of 5 within the last 3 months. All in different departments.

I'm curious, any military spouses been hired lately?

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Anonymous wrote:We recently hired a new group of attorneys at my agency. None of them were vets.

Attorneys are excepted service and not subject to veterans preference.

Almost half of the jobs in the government are excepted service.

At my agency we hired two new attorneys and had to go through vet preference.

I have a coworker who just got hired on after initially being passed on for the vet preference. When interviewed the vets didn't have the experience and HR went back to the resumes and she was hired. It is definitely hard to get hired if the position doesn't require specialized experience.

I was hired this year under a direct hiring authority. I'm not a veteran or former fed but I was performing the same exact work as a contractor for almost ten years. I believe the hiring authority is only used when there is an urgent need for a specific skill set.

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Anonymous wrote:We recently hired a new group of attorneys at my agency. None of them were vets.

We also hired several rounds of attorneys at mine-- and I'm hearing more to come. But we've been slammed with retirements this year. Wanna bet we're the same agency.

What agency? Please share!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently hired a new group of attorneys at my agency. None of them were vets.

Attorneys are excepted service and not subject to veterans preference.

Almost half of the jobs in the government are excepted service.

All of our hires recently have been under schedule A's or some other non-competitive hiring authority. The military spouse hiring authority is a good one. We are able to hire a range of experience in our career field (medical).

Most positions at my agency are only open to internal candidates. The veterans often don't possess the needed skills, despite what their resumes and online degrees may say.

Anonymous wrote:We recently hired a new group of attorneys at my agency. None of them were vets.

We also hired several rounds of attorneys at mine-- and I'm hearing more to come. But we've been slammed with retirements this year. Wanna bet we're the same agency.

Anonymous wrote:Vet preference blocks most offices from hiring anyone outside the government. Some use the merit promotion list to get around it, but that means only internal applicants have a chance.

This. I'm the Grants poster.

Not true. My agency just hired two new Grants Specialist and the vacancy was open to all candidates. They however are internal hires.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently hired a new group of attorneys at my agency. None of them were vets.

Attorneys are excepted service and not subject to veterans preference.

Almost half of the jobs in the government are excepted service.