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Post by bayou on Aug 23, 2017 12:40:59 GMT -5
Read the Assessment Questionnaire. It has more specific instructions about what to put in the subject line, the next step and the timeline.
Having issues with Adobe, so I can't cut and paste right now.
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Post by rhd on Aug 23, 2017 12:46:14 GMT -5
Wait for me, Craplandia! I'm comin' for ya! Wait for me!
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Post by bubbleguppie on Aug 23, 2017 12:53:41 GMT -5
Admittedly, without reading the directions, I sent an email saying "I want to add locations". I got a reply that purported to have attachments that were not there. I sent another email with the correct subject line. The reply was the same as the reply to the first email. Both are just a "notification of issue registration". I guess these were generated by a computer and a human will reply later.
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Post by judge-o-bratze on Aug 23, 2017 13:03:00 GMT -5
This is also included in the announcement under the heading WHO MAY APPLY: "United States Citizens. With the exception of 10-point veterans' preference, applicants on the current ALJ register who received a final numerical rating on or after June 2017 are not eligible to apply to this job opportunity announcement."
So anyone asking whether it made sense to reapply, you cannot
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Post by odarwinian on Aug 23, 2017 13:03:03 GMT -5
Admittedly, without reading the directions, I sent an email saying "I want to add locations". I got a reply that purported to have attachments that were not there. I sent another email with the correct subject line. The reply was the same as the reply to the first email. Both are just a "notification of issue registration". I guess these were generated by a computer and a human will reply later. I received the same email back when I sent mine with the language noted in the announcement in the subject line. I will be curious as to when they will send the form.....
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Post by mcmu72 on Aug 23, 2017 13:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by bubbleguppie on Aug 23, 2017 13:07:30 GMT -5
They just sent me the form. That was a lot faster than I expected.
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Post by dshawn on Aug 23, 2017 13:14:23 GMT -5
Does anyone have a bead on whether we just respond as bubbleguppie did above or if there is additional information or steps required to change or expand an existing GAL? I am unable to locate (open actually) the Assessment Questionnaire section in my existing application and the new application appears to require the upload of a new resume. I fear if I click "change my answers" on the Application Manager to get to the Questionnaire or start a new application it will impact my existing application (on which I received a score, albeit not a great one). Thoughts?
I fear I may be one with a score high enough to have made the register, but low enough that I may never make a cert and then be buried under the new group that will follow this new testing. I understand I am not allowed to reapply at this time.
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Post by dshawn on Aug 23, 2017 13:15:13 GMT -5
The above just posted. Thank you!
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Post by Judge McJudgeypants on Aug 23, 2017 13:20:55 GMT -5
Thanks Bayou. For those that can't open the attachment, it says:
NOTE: If you are currently on the ALJ register, you have the option to change your selected geographical location(s) during the job opportunity announcement open period. To change your selection(s), an email stating your request to change your selected locations, must be sent to aljapplication@opm.gov with "2017 GEO CHANGE REQUEST" in the subject line. Such requests will only be honored if they are received during the job opportunity announcement open period. After receiving your email request, you will be sent a form listing all geographical locations for ALJ positions associated with the current examination. You must complete this form and send it back to aljapplication@opm.gov within one week from the date of the email containing the form. Your noted preferences will become your new geographic locations of record and will replace all of your previous selections. Once this announcement closes, you will not be able to submit a request to change your selected geographical location(s) until the next ALJ announcement open period.
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Post by buckeyefan on Aug 23, 2017 13:21:03 GMT -5
. I thought i did what the directions said but i just got an email back from the alj helpdesk with no text. I don't know what i did wrong.
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Post by bubbleguppie on Aug 23, 2017 13:22:18 GMT -5
. I thought i did what the directions said but i just got an email back from the alj helpdesk with no text. I don't know what i did wrong. You did not do anything wrong. The first email is an acknowledgement that they received your request. You will get another that has the form attached.
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Post by hopefulop on Aug 23, 2017 13:26:55 GMT -5
Hopeful, There are worse games to play. May the odds be ever in your favor. J THanks! Bought instant lottery tickets today and won $40 WOOHOO! most ever won on those -- don't play often so maybe its my lucky day haha
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Post by firehouse9 on Aug 23, 2017 13:53:48 GMT -5
Posting is up on USAjobs. 8/23/17-8/30/17. Today was the first day I've been in the board in months. Glad I did! If I've posted in the wrong place, my apologies and please feel free to move. www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/476891900Well, I can't apply so at least I don't have to make a decision. I find it very odd that they're reopening the process so quickly.
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Post by ssa on Aug 23, 2017 14:03:00 GMT -5
The last announcement was on a Tuesday IIRC. Part of me thought we might see it today. But now I am putting my totally uninformed WAG on August 29. Edited to add: For some reason, Aug. 24 keeps popping up in my head. My backup WAG is for the 24th. I was one day off!
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Post by firehouse9 on Aug 23, 2017 14:06:42 GMT -5
I can think of a few. For example, some may put only MM/YY for bar admission when it asks for MM/DD/YY -- the gotcha is that whomever reviews it may not let the MM/YY go past. Or they might. If they don't -- Gotcha -- no online portion for you and you have to appeal and wait until the end -- all because you didn't state your "date of admission." Another example -- you aren't among the higher scoring subset of persons on the online component. Gotcha -- no trip to DC for you. I am sure given enough time I could come up with more. There are risks associated with starting this process again. The point is. If you are certain that you won't get on another cert, you may want to go for it. But right now -- you are on the Register. You could easily be NOT on the Register if you go through the process again. You are NOT GUARANTEED to make it again. I was thinking of gotchas for repeat applicants. Not an issue this time though
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Post by buckeyefan on Aug 23, 2017 14:09:44 GMT -5
The above just posted. Thank you! . Ok I am simply too stupid for words. I opened the form, typed my name at the top of every page, and put an X by all the cities. I figured there might be something at the end that says "submit" but there isn't. So, do I print the form, scan it, and then email it to the address they have in the instructions? Will I receive an email confirming receipt? Thanks again.
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Post by ssa on Aug 23, 2017 14:14:50 GMT -5
Hopeful, There are worse games to play. May the odds be ever in your favor. J THanks! Bought instant lottery tickets today and won $40 WOOHOO! most ever won on those -- don't play often so maybe its my lucky day haha I hope I have the same luck with tonight's Powerball drawing.
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Post by odarwinian on Aug 23, 2017 14:24:53 GMT -5
The above just posted. Thank you! . Ok I am simply too stupid for words. I opened the form, typed my name at the top of every page, and put an X by all the cities. I figured there might be something at the end that says "submit" but there isn't. So, do I print the form, scan it, and then email it to the address they have in the instructions? Will I receive an email confirming receipt? Thanks again. My plan was to save it to my desktop and send it back as an attachment. You could just as easily go your route as well, though. I thought about converting it to a pdf after I filled out the form, but I have a sneaking suspicion they want it back as a word doc, so I am going with that.
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Post by dshawn on Aug 23, 2017 14:33:27 GMT -5
They just sent me the form. That was a lot faster than I expected. You seemed to get the form quite quickly. I have not.
Does anyone think it would matter that I sent the request from an email different than the one on file with my application?
Probably just overthinking it.
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