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Post by christina on May 17, 2016 18:58:59 GMT -5
All right!!
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Post by Burt Macklin on May 17, 2016 19:04:28 GMT -5
Still in "awaiting results" land for about ~36 hours.
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Post by hopefulop on May 17, 2016 19:19:59 GMT -5
Mine also says "awaiting results -- you will be notified". So any WAG as to how long this step takes til we are notified? Anyone?
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Post by gary on May 17, 2016 20:06:53 GMT -5
Well sorta. SSA has the backlog and a very real need to hire talent. OPM is the agency that has to process these applications. The more it can dispatch on the front end, the fewer it has to process and grade, which is a huge undertaking. So, the more applications a GS 6 clerk can eliminate for any reason on the front end, the fewer that have to be fully processed on the back end. Thus the mandate to the initial reviewers to whack the technically insufficient applications. Pixie. Pixie, thanks for the explanation to an uninitiated one going through this for the first time. It just seems that now SSA is paying for the examinations and that makes SSA more of a stakeholder. I heard that the next one mandated by Congress is in 2022, but that if SSA wants or needs to it can pay for an examination sooner. I could have that wrong. It seems that if OPM could dispatch more applications overall from this big 5,000 or 6,000 app pool that might reduce the need for as many future examinations. I guess they did not ask me though, darn. 1. To get on the register one has to have the minimum required qualifications. In 2013/14 we had stories of a number of people who went through all the testing, including in DC to which they travelled on their own dimes, only to be denied a score on the basis of the lack of proof of a minimal qualification, generally an active law license. Believe me, you'd rather OPM caught this now than then. 2. OPM has more than 5,000 applications to review for minimum qualifications. It does not seem unreasonable to require that the applicant establish minimum qualifications (active law license, 7 years practice, etc.) so that it may be easily determined from the documents submitted. If OPM had to go beyond the submissions, or accept post-closing date corrections, it would likely lengthen the wait between the close of the JOA open period and online testing invitation emails. 3. OPM could send a lot more applicants to DC by way of its control of the cutoff score for the higher scoring subgroup of online testees. That would likely result in an extension of the period of administration of the proctored component of the testing and a longer wait between testing and scores. The 1100 or so who tested in 2013 seems like it was fairly close to the maximum OPM could process in a reasonable (for government purposes) time given the limitations of its facilities and the labor-intensive nature of some of the scoring. OPM might be better off sending through 1100 and a year later sending through the next highest 1100, similarly to what they did last year. |
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Post by Gaidin on May 17, 2016 20:14:48 GMT -5
Gaiden, "Soon Grasshopper if you pass all the tests and achieve the second stage of enlightenment that is actually being on the register then little things like OPM's maneuvers will be but dross to you. Then in the second stage of enlightenment you will obsess over the moves of ODAR as you attempt to pull the pebble from its hand." O wise one, so are you saying this process is one long obsession. Do you have any suggestions to help? LOL. Find your bliss. |
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Post by luckylady2 on May 17, 2016 20:19:22 GMT -5
Still in "awaiting results" land for about ~36 hours. Oh ho ho! Settle in, greenhorn! IIRC, my application status in 2013 was "awaiting results" for about 9 or 10 months - from the time it stopped "pending HR specialist action" until ALL the applicants had tested in DC. At some point after everybody had tested, we started seeing the "complete" vs "see details" dichotomy. That lasted about 6 weeks (2 months?), then we got our NORs - almost exactly a year after we applied. |
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Post by cielo on May 17, 2016 20:30:48 GMT -5
Mine also says "awaiting results -- you will be notified". So any WAG as to how long this step takes til we are notified? Anyone?
I have had the "awaiting results you will be notified" status for a few weeks now. I'm happy to see others' statuses are changing. Now to settle in for the long wait... |
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Post by montyburns on May 17, 2016 21:19:22 GMT -5
My status also changed to "awaiting" from "pending" today. Now for more waiting!
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Post by southernfun on May 17, 2016 22:39:22 GMT -5
you're welcome. By the way, status updates changing to, "you will be notified" started May 17th, and my WAG was May 16th. So pretty close. (Assuming that status change means Emails are going out now...) They missed the May 23rd window though to open testing, so I guess Monday May 30th is my AWAG (Adjusted WAG) for when online testing opens for two weeks. In the past did the group being invited to test online find out before or after the group that didn't make it past the first step? |
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Post by hopingforalj on May 18, 2016 8:44:03 GMT -5
I know what a long road in front of us we have, however just to add to the board, my status switched this morning at 830 central time to AR, good luck to all on this long journey, as Andy said to Red, "Hope is a good thing".  |
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Post by bayou on May 18, 2016 8:58:54 GMT -5
My status also changed from pending to "awaiting results" at some point since yesterday afternoon. Either they just happened to hit a subsample of newbies that have found this board or there has been a flood of status changes over the last 24 hours. If the latter, then perhaps we are nearing the start of emails for the online portion.
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Post by Lawesome on May 18, 2016 9:00:20 GMT -5
Mine changed this morning. Glad to see things moving along. No email, but I did find a cool coupon in my Junk folder that I otherwise would have missed.  |
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Post by Addison on May 18, 2016 9:55:48 GMT -5
As of right now, mine still says "pending HR specialist Action"...now my thoughts swirl around questions of whether I've been cut already?!!? Oh, this waiting is so much fun (NOT!)
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Post by hopingforalj on May 18, 2016 10:14:25 GMT -5
The waiting only gets better as we go  |
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Post by hopefulop on May 18, 2016 10:24:34 GMT -5
The waiting is understandable for test results or interview results. What I find the most frustrating is when I know that I absolutely have more than the 7 years minimum litigation experience but am waiting (what seems endlessly) to find out whether or not I clear this initial hurdle. Stressing over the fact that, based upon various threads I have reviewed, people are cut at this stage that shouldn't have been due to whatever screening tool is being used. It's good to have this forum which provides some comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat. A huge thank you to all those who post and help keep us newbies sane |
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Post by gary on May 18, 2016 10:26:06 GMT -5
"See details tab" was consistently the kiss of death for my cohort in 2013.
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Post by gary on May 18, 2016 10:27:08 GMT -5
The waiting is understandable for test results or interview results. What I find the most frustrating is when I know that I absolutely have more than the 7 years minimum litigation experience but am waiting (what seems endlessly) to find out whether or not I clear this initial hurdle. Stressing over the fact that, based upon various threads I have reviewed, people are cut at this stage that shouldn't have been due to whatever screening tool is being used. It's good to have this forum which provides some comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat. A huge thank you to all those who post and help keep us newbies sane Good Lord! If this is you guys sane . . . . |
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Post by jbrky on May 18, 2016 10:30:47 GMT -5
Though I cannot see how it can possibly be accurate given my experience and licensure, I am sitting with the kiss of death of a "See Details Tab" status. If that holds true and I do not make the cut for the minimum qualifications (again unfathomable to me how that could be OPM's conclusion), do you ever get an indication of what the deficiency was or is it just an email indicating that you are rated ineligible?
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Post by hopefulop on May 18, 2016 10:54:59 GMT -5
The waiting is understandable for test results or interview results. What I find the most frustrating is when I know that I absolutely have more than the 7 years minimum litigation experience but am waiting (what seems endlessly) to find out whether or not I clear this initial hurdle. Stressing over the fact that, based upon various threads I have reviewed, people are cut at this stage that shouldn't have been due to whatever screening tool is being used. It's good to have this forum which provides some comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat. A huge thank you to all those who post and help keep us newbies sane Good Lord! If this is you guys sane . . . . CORRECTION: I should have said thank you for "trying" to keep us newbies sane |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 10:55:28 GMT -5
Though I cannot see how it can possibly be accurate given my experience and licensure, I am sitting with the kiss of death of a "See Details Tab" status. If that holds true and I do not make the cut for the minimum qualifications (again unfathomable to me how that could be OPM's conclusion), do you ever get an indication of what the deficiency was or is it just an email indicating that you are rated ineligible? "See Details Tab" has never been a good sign. Did you include your bar number and admission date on the application? It seems a lot of otherwise well-qualified people have been bounced for such minor transgressions. "Awaiting Results" is probably a good sign you're moving onward. "Pending" is um, pending. That's where I am now. |
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