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Post by cougarfan on Apr 9, 2014 9:10:20 GMT -5
My wife is the one who found the board. More than that, both while an ALJ candidate and waiting for a transfer she has checked the board more regularly than me. It's great to have common interests.
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Post by moopigsdad on Apr 9, 2014 9:23:03 GMT -5
My wife is the one who found the board. More than that, both while an ALJ candidate and waiting for a transfer she has checked the board more regularly than me. It's great to have common interests. So cougarfan does it mean there could be two separate households for a while, if you acquire a position across the country from your spouse? While it could cause issues, it would be a nice problem to have to deal with because it means you acquired the position. I think Bart and his wife had similar issues.
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Post by bartleby on Apr 9, 2014 9:27:37 GMT -5
Had a friend offered transfers to Knoxville and Chattanooga last week and he turned them down.. For what it's worth..
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Post by Gaidin on Apr 9, 2014 9:34:41 GMT -5
Had a friend offered transfers to Knoxville and Chattanooga last week and he turned them down.. For what it's worth.. Chattanooga is probably one of the true hidden gems on the GAL list. It is a short drive to Atlanta or Nashville. The city is in an absolutely beautiful part of the South and the cost of living is very low even by the generally low standards of the South. However I hear its very haunted and they don't allow donkeys.
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Post by Ace Midnight on Apr 9, 2014 10:47:51 GMT -5
Did the 2 retirements in Chattanooga that were rumored here last Fall happen? Were their positions filled by transfer? I don't have first hand knowledge, but I believe there will be vacancies in Chattanooga - I'm not sure if they will be filled by transfer - last I heard, they had 3 open spots.
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Post by aljsouth on Apr 9, 2014 11:36:45 GMT -5
Transfers are more than just on the way. Many judges are moving around and have arrived at their new sites.
Many ALJ's are going to Baltimore for training in July and August of this year. September is being spoken of as a training month for new hires.
It appears Ft. Wayne will have at least 2 openings b/c of transfers.
The issue of availability of slots is complicated by 2 decisions made years ago by SSA. ONE: They allocated ALJ slots not b/c of work load but both politics [especially exact locations in some poor choices logistically or desireability] and from perceived need based on population. Hence California being over staffed with ALJ's. As to location there are some glaring instances of stupidity in my area, souteastern US. The largest city in Louisiana is Baton Rouge, also the capital but it does not have an ODAR. Its cases have been heard by Alesandria or Shreveport. Lots of people would like living in Baton Rouge, but not Alexandria. In Mississippi there is an ODAR in Tupelo, Mississipp, which is fairly close to Florence Alabama, also with an ODAR. Whey was Tupelo selected. Less than 60 miles away is Oxford with the road net of all North Mississippi and the Unvieristy and Law School and is close to Memphis, TN. A much more desirable location. I put this down so you can see the ODAR locations historically were made for some odd reasons and hence many unpopular sites. The second weird decision was not to reallocate slots based on need but to hire judges based on the number of open offices. Again and again we are asked months before a hire, how many open ALJ offices do you have?
As to popular sites, the rule is as stated many times. Put down as many as you can. You can eventully get transferred except to a few Very Popular sites. Forget Hawaii, won't happen. Wahington DC and Baltimore are popular, especially for the alredy in DC goverment crowd. But I noticed some new hires there in recent rounds b/c the judges on the transfer list could not sell their homes in this ecomony and buy very expensive homes in the DC metro area.
Some people really cannot use a large list. Others would love to expand their GAL list and if they are patient will be able to one day. This job is not going away anytime soon.
Remember, you can also apply for HOCALJ if you are desperate to move to a location with the benefit of having it paid for by SSA.
Good luck to all in this selction and in future selections. There will be several.
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Post by funkyodar on Apr 9, 2014 11:41:08 GMT -5
Great info and perspective aljsouth. Thanks a ton.
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Post by 71stretch on Apr 9, 2014 12:36:48 GMT -5
The last page or so of this thread showed me aspects of this process, and participation on the board) that single folks like myself are unable to experience. Which could be a good thing.
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Post by moopigsdad on Apr 9, 2014 12:47:18 GMT -5
The last page or so of this thread showed me aspects of this process, and participation on the board) that single folks like myself are unable to experience. Which could be a good thing. It means observer53 you have nothing holding you back from moving anywhere except yourself. There are little to no worries about where you end up stationed, if you acquire a position. There is something to be said for being in that position, instead of being married and worrying whether your spouse will like your ultimate location for a period of time, if chosen. I will treat it as crossing one bridge at a time as I, and everyone else on the Board, have done in dealing with the situations and surprises as they arise. I don't think there is an ideal situation to be in, unless you are assigned to an ODAR location within an hour of your present location and you like your present location.
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Post by sandiferhands (old) on Apr 9, 2014 12:56:54 GMT -5
There's a new Poll in the Polling Place to see how many of the cities with likely vacancies will be in the membership's final GALs.
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Post by 71stretch on Apr 9, 2014 13:00:01 GMT -5
The last page or so of this thread showed me aspects of this process, and participation on the board) that single folks like myself are unable to experience. Which could be a good thing. It means observer53 you have nothing holding you back from moving anywhere except yourself. There are little to no worries about where you end up stationed, if you acquire a position. There is something to be said for being in that position, instead of being married and worrying whether your spouse will like your ultimate location for a period of time, if chosen. I will treat it as crossing one bridge at a time as I, and everyone else on the Board, have done in dealing with the situations and surprises as they arise. I don't think there is an ideal situation to be in, unless you are assigned to an ODAR location within an hour of your present location and you like your present location. Oh, I knew about the moving issue, and I'm grateful that I have more flexibility than if I had family in the house.... what's amusing me is the perspectives of the spouses on the process to this point in time, and their varying reactions to time spent on the board. On the moving issue, even a single person who has lived in the same metro area for virtually his or her entire life can still have issues with uprooting,.... they are just different.
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Post by cougarfan on Apr 9, 2014 13:14:45 GMT -5
My wife is the one who found the board. More than that, both while an ALJ candidate and waiting for a transfer she has checked the board more regularly than me. It's great to have common interests. So cougarfan does it mean there could be two separate households for a while, if you acquire a position across the country from your spouse? While it could cause issues, it would be a nice problem to have to deal with because it means you acquired the position. I think Bart and his wife had similar issues. You think maybe that's why she's so anxious to check the board; to see how soon she can be rid of me? Nope, actually we already have accomodations ready in our new city, just waiting to sign the dotted line.
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Post by moopigsdad on Apr 9, 2014 13:25:24 GMT -5
So cougarfan does it mean there could be two separate households for a while, if you acquire a position across the country from your spouse? While it could cause issues, it would be a nice problem to have to deal with because it means you acquired the position. I think Bart and his wife had similar issues. You think maybe that's why she's so anxious to check the board; to see how soon she can be rid of me? Nope, actually we already have accomodations ready in our new city, just waiting to sign the dotted line. LOL! You are too funny cougarfan.
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Post by jmgjr on Apr 9, 2014 17:08:06 GMT -5
Mrs. Midnight is the opposite - she routinely asks, "What's happening on the forum?" Ditto. Mine asks if there's been any news on a daily basis.
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Post by jmgjr on Apr 9, 2014 17:10:15 GMT -5
My wife asks me why I Didn't apply in 2007 or earlier........I think she has packed my bags.....
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Post by jerseymom on Apr 9, 2014 18:02:33 GMT -5
Funkyman, I would delete Florence from your list, and Hattiesburg doesn't have a vacancy at this time. Good luck everyone.
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Post by wingnut on Apr 9, 2014 18:03:17 GMT -5
Mine gets a glazed over look if I happen to mention "... that forum I told you about..." I like to come here and see what's up even though I think I'm out of the running for now. Fortunately, I have a real life hobby that takes up such an enormous amount of time and energy so no one has really noticed my little ALJ Forum problem.
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Post by funkyodar on Apr 9, 2014 18:14:34 GMT -5
Funkyman, I would delete Florence from your list, and Hattiesburg doesn't have a vacancy at this time. Good luck everyone. Thanks jerseymom. I will delete them from the next iteration.
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Post by JudgeRatty on Apr 9, 2014 18:26:06 GMT -5
It means observer53 you have nothing holding you back from moving anywhere except yourself. There are little to no worries about where you end up stationed, if you acquire a position. There is something to be said for being in that position, instead of being married and worrying whether your spouse will like your ultimate location for a period of time, if chosen. I will treat it as crossing one bridge at a time as I, and everyone else on the Board, have done in dealing with the situations and surprises as they arise. I don't think there is an ideal situation to be in, unless you are assigned to an ODAR location within an hour of your present location and you like your present location. Oh, I knew about the moving issue, and I'm grateful that I have more flexibility than if I had family in the house.... what's amusing me is the perspectives of the spouses on the process to this point in time, and their varying reactions to time spent on the board. On the moving issue, even a single person who has lived in the same metro area for virtually his or her entire life can still have issues with uprooting,.... they are just different. So true. At least people who have families to consider have help moving. Single folks like me have to figure out who will watch 3 dogs for a couple of months until a new place is set, and coordinate a move and sale of a home from a new location who knows how many miles away. But hey, that's not nearly the pressure of finding a new locale for a donkey and other livestock. So I guess I have it easy.
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Post by funkyodar on Apr 14, 2014 7:20:03 GMT -5
Ok folks, here is generation 3 of our crowdsourced cert cities WAG. Just like gen 2, this one builds on the previous list by removing or adding cities based on reports from folks that they know a place has a vacancy or they know one doesn't.
1: None
R2: Buffalo, South Jersey, Newark and PR (counted as 1 city for my purposes)
R3: Charleston WV, Huntington WV, Johnstown PA and Seven Fields PA
R4: Atlanta North, Greenville SC, Paducah KY, Knoxville, Lexington KY, Louisville KY, Macon Ga, Memphis, Middlesboro KY, Tupelo MS, Montgomey AL, Tampa
R5: Akron, Dayton, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Livonia, Mt Pleasant, Peoria, Toledo, Valpraiso, Fort Wayne and Evansville
R6: Alexandria LA, Houston North, Houston-Biss., Metarie, Shreveport, New Orleans
R7: Creve Coeur, Springfield MO and Wichita
R8: Fargo, Rapid City and Sioux Falls
R9: Phoenix
R10: None
NHC: St. Louis and Chicago
The total is now 46 cities, which is one more than the info being discussed in the "Huge Cert Rumor" thread suggests the certs will be for.
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