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Post by steelrain on Feb 11, 2014 12:09:47 GMT -5
Yikes...forgot to move my decimal point...too much multi-tasking, thanks for that catch Hopefalj - I have corrected my numbers.
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Post by westernalj on Feb 11, 2014 14:55:20 GMT -5
Let's not forget that SSA usually pulls multiple certs off a register. Thus, many or most of the eventual hires off this register won't be hired this fiscal year.
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Post by lildavey on Feb 11, 2014 15:40:06 GMT -5
While I agree in theory - there are all sorts of things that have to be considered - I have 2 weddings this fall, a late summer annual training event, all of the things associated with getting references lined up. Ace, I have only one wedding this summer -- MINE. Talk about maddening!
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Post by funkyodar on Feb 11, 2014 16:05:55 GMT -5
While I agree in theory - there are all sorts of things that have to be considered - I have 2 weddings this fall, a late summer annual training event, all of the things associated with getting references lined up. Ace, I have only one wedding this summer -- MINE. Talk about maddening! Ace is a military man. They always have a backup plan
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Post by davef on Feb 11, 2014 18:11:26 GMT -5
While I agree in theory - there are all sorts of things that have to be considered - I have 2 weddings this fall, a late summer annual training event, all of the things associated with getting references lined up. Ace, I have only one wedding this summer -- MINE. Talk about maddening! We dealt with that during the testing, had a lovely honeymoon in furlough shuttered DC. I feel your pain. Congratulations though!
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Post by chessparent on Feb 13, 2014 21:24:32 GMT -5
While I agree in theory - there are all sorts of things that have to be considered - I have 2 weddings this fall, a late summer annual training event, all of the things associated with getting references lined up. Ace, I have only one wedding this summer -- MINE. Talk about maddening! Trust me, the maddening part comes after the wedding.
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Post by Ace Midnight on Feb 13, 2014 23:01:01 GMT -5
Ace is a military man. They always have a backup plan You know me so well, Funk.
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Post by clevelandbrown on Feb 14, 2014 9:47:38 GMT -5
It hadn't occurred to me to put travel on hold, etc., for the possibility of this job. Maybe it should. What's are the potential future problems? Is it mainly the 6-week training? If so, how long between being offered a job and the training beginning? Thanks.
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Post by 71stretch on Feb 14, 2014 10:00:16 GMT -5
It hadn't occurred to me to put travel on hold, etc., for the possibility of this job. Maybe it should. What's are the potential future problems? Is it mainly the 6-week training? If so, how long between being offered a job and the training beginning? Thanks. First, I don't think travel should be put on hold for the possibility of this job. Keep living your life. Once things start moving, and we may have a little better idea of the various time frames, then planning is a little easier. The training is not six weeks, but four. New hires report to their respective offices for two weeks, and then go to Falls Church for the four week training. Time between the offer date and the report to the assigned office date has varied over the last several years from 2-3 weeks to over three months. My guess this time is that it will be 3-4 weeks from offers to the first start date, there will probably be two start dates if it is a large hire, as the training room, as I understand it from posts here, only holds about 60.
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Post by hopefalj on Feb 14, 2014 10:11:27 GMT -5
It hadn't occurred to me to put travel on hold, etc., for the possibility of this job. Maybe it should. What's are the potential future problems? Is it mainly the 6-week training? If so, how long between being offered a job and the training beginning? Thanks. First, I don't think travel should be put on hold for the possibility of this job. Keep living your life. Once things start moving, and we may have a little better idea of the various time frames, then planning is a little easier. The training is not six weeks, but four. New hires report to their respective offices for two weeks, and then go to Falls Church for the four week training. Time between the offer date and the report to the assigned office date has varied over the last several years from 2-3 weeks to over three months. My guess this time is that it will be 3-4 weeks from offers to the first start date, there will probably be two start dates if it is a large hire, as the training room, as I understand it from posts here, only holds about 60. Your continued sage advice is appreciated. I do have an additional question for you (or any of the other experienced posters) that is definitely cart-before-horse, but I'm curious anyway. If you have a vacation planned, a cert comes out and interviews are scheduled during said vacation, is SSA flexible in rescheduling for candidates on the cert? Or is it more of an SOL situation?
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Post by Ace Midnight on Feb 14, 2014 10:19:20 GMT -5
Or is it more of an SOL situation? I'm unaware of a whole lot of flexibility in the past. I think it is an SOL situation. Perhaps others with more knowledge can disabuse me of this notion.
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Post by 71stretch on Feb 14, 2014 10:51:47 GMT -5
Or is it more of an SOL situation? I'm unaware of a whole lot of flexibility in the past. I think it is an SOL situation. Perhaps others with more knowledge can disabuse me of this notion. I pretty much agree with this. As I recall, when they called to schedule me, they told ME when the interview was happening. I didn't need to ask for a reset, but I get the impression there is not a lot of flexibilty. They bring in MULTIPLE panels that do interviews all day every day. I don't remember how long the total interview period lasted last time, some research in the June 2010 time frame may help with that.
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Post by ed on Feb 14, 2014 14:19:39 GMT -5
I had a different experience, they called to set up the interview and I could not make the first date and was given an alternative date that did work. This was in 2009, so things have changed, but with the size of this hire, my guess is that the interviews will cover at least 2 weeks and there should be some flexibility in the scheduling. Time will tell.
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Post by 71stretch on Feb 14, 2014 14:41:16 GMT -5
Good to know, ed.
I don't think any of us are saying that someone would be completely SOL, especially with a minor date conflict, but it depends on the timing and length of someone's vacation (or trial, for that matter) and the block of time they are working with for the interviews as to how feasible a change would be.
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Post by westernalj on Feb 14, 2014 18:20:01 GMT -5
Do you mean interviewed by OPM or by SSA? The OPM interview is a different step in the process. If by SSA, that would be for the old register so I would think they would be re-interviewed.
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Post by 71stretch on Feb 14, 2014 18:47:24 GMT -5
I think we are all assuming one SSA interview per register. The elephant in the room is how SSA will handle the three strikers from the old (current) register who chose to run the new and improved per SSA register and came out with qualifying, if not good/very good scores.
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