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Post by lostagain on May 7, 2008 9:48:11 GMT -5
I'm surprised that at least two people selected St. Louis but not Creve Coeur (an affluent St. Louis suburb).
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Post by nonamouse on May 7, 2008 9:54:32 GMT -5
Honestly, it does not matter about the top 3 once you get on the cert unless there is a veteran with a higher score ahead of you. If they really want you and you have enough cities listed, then you will get picked off a cert eventually. If they don't want you, then you may never know why you are always a bridesmaid and never the bride. Of course it matters. If you are number 4, you will not be picked. Don't forget that 2/3 of those on this cert will NOT be picked at this time. I think that you miss my underlying point. If SSA really wants you then the order in which the cities are considered can move you into the top 3 for somewhere so that they can reach you on a cert eventually. If you have listed enough locations, there is room to shuffle the cards a bit. This would be how a number of non-vets with relatively "low" scores who made the last cert jumped over people with higher scores who chose "all" cities. They are sitting in training now while we are still having this discussion. I have seen nothing in the procedure that requires the agencies to go in alphabetical order or any other order for cities. Even vets can be considered 2 or 3 per city until they have all gone through the required consideration if there are certain vets that the agency does not want. All they have to do is consider the undesirable candidate with one vet who is desired for each city and that undesirable vet will never be hired no matter his/her score on paper. I'm fully aware that some of us will never be hired no matter our scores which is why I'm not taking the process personally. I know someone who had to wait 7 years to become an ALJ due to limited availability, so I'll be pleasantly surprised if I "beat the clock." |
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Post by jagghagg on May 7, 2008 10:12:18 GMT -5
All they have to do is consider the undesirable candidate with one vet who is desired for each city and that undesirable vet will never be hired no matter his/her score on paper. Exactly. A preference-eligible vet gets only 2 passes per cert. If SSA passes them over twice, then they can ignore them for the rest of the fill from that cert. They will only get another chance if and when another cert proceeds from OPM and they are on it. |
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Post by privateattorney on May 8, 2008 0:49:34 GMT -5
All they have to do is consider the undesirable candidate with one vet who is desired for each city and that undesirable vet will never be hired no matter his/her score on paper. Exactly. A preference-eligible vet gets only 2 passes per cert. If SSA passes them over twice, then they can ignore them for the rest of the fill from that cert. They will only get another chance if and when another cert proceeds from OPM and they are on it. I echo PF's sentiments. I agree with Morg that I'm more concerned with the result than the process. It looks like the real question to be asking is which one of us does SSA want? And that my friends is the million dollar question! |
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Post by okeydokey on May 8, 2008 8:02:58 GMT -5
A little factoid: Orland Park was offered and turned down in the last round.
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