Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 18:09     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They are hiring. Albeit for 2-year temporary positions. But they’re external and not political.

And not TW eligible. So good luck getting (good) applicants.


No. This is not a “hire.” These are fellowship positions for the fellowship program in OCA. It’s not the same thing. These are currently and have always been exempted from any hiring freeze. They do not increase headcount at the agency.[/quote

Are they paid out of sec budget? Get benefits? Have offices? Subject to ethics and other employment conditions?

But they’re “exempted from any hiring freeze”? Sure.

Here’s a brilliant idea: create a 15 year “fellowship” and say they’re all exempt from hiring freezes and don’t increase headcount. [insert meme of RV slapping his forehead and yelling. “Doh! Project 2025 foiled again!”].
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:01     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:They are hiring. Albeit for 2-year temporary positions. But they’re external and not political.

And not TW eligible. So good luck getting (good) applicants.


No. This is not a “hire.” These are fellowship positions for the fellowship program in OCA. It’s not the same thing. These are currently and have always been exempted from any hiring freeze. They do not increase headcount at the agency.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 10:36     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
They are hiring. Albeit for 2-year temporary positions. But they’re external and not political.

And not TW eligible. So good luck getting (good) applicants.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 10:27     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:When would the new Fork be? After FY? Any rumors of timing?


I doubt there will be another fork, there are already plenty of people leaving and if they just wait they will invariably hit whatever attrition goal they have. Maybe another VERA since they requested authority through the end of the year.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 10:15     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:When would the new Fork be? After FY? Any rumors of timing?


I don’t think so-
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 20:24     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
When would the new Fork be? After FY? Any rumors of timing?
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 18:59     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After they do another round of fork/vera that's when they will start hiring again


The above is a great idea, many folks want to take it but didn't and this would give those people a nice way out!
I personally know of at least three that will take it if offered again!


Yes but will they just rehire the people they let go after they have a 6-month paid vacation
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 13:52     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:After they do another round of fork/vera that's when they will start hiring again


The above is a great idea, many folks want to take it but didn't and this would give those people a nice way out!
I personally know of at least three that will take it if offered again!
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 11:46     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
After they do another round of fork/vera that's when they will start hiring again
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 11:24     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:Didn’t Atkins say there would be opportunities for staff to move around during his speech?


This doesn’t mean they are hiring. This means internal transfers and promotions of people already working there.

The only people coming from the outside are political appointees heading up divisions/offices, which happens with every election whether or not there is a change to the political party in the White House.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 10:33     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Didn’t Atkins say there would be opportunities for staff to move around during his speech?
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2025 00:31     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:Any updates?


Why would there be updates?
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2025 07:33     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
They are not really hiring, very limited positions may be filled.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2025 21:49     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Any updates?
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 16:17     Subject: Looks like the SEC is hiring again
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not sure why it doesn’t come up in USAJOBS search. People have posted it on LinkedIn.


I found the jobs you're talking about, those don't really count either. Those are fellowships and they are temporary appointments.


The SEC has a professional accounting fellowship in OCA that doesn’t last more than two years or so. These positions haven’t increased in number, rather they rotate people from external firms to provide different points of view and keep industry knowledge and exposure current in their work so they are not working in a vacuum. These positions have worked this way for many decades.

The SEC was given targeted hiring authority around the time of Dodd-Frank so not all positions can be found through a USA jobs search. These are for highly specialized positions where the Agency may receive many applications but few will be best qualified.


Nice try but DOGE and MAGA care zero about specialized expertise. This is either some sort of politically protected position or an acknowledgment that agencies actually need staff.


It is neither. You clearly don’t work there and aren’t willing to listen.