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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2023 19:14:55 GMT -5
BT, I’d be careful posting anything said to or by you specific enough to be traced back to you. I’m not defending your managers because I think we all know deserving folks who we feel were passed over for whatever reason…. But Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it the OHO official submits its ranking of candidates for a given position and the regional office actually picks from those names—they are not obligated to pick OHOs top choice. So while it may have been your HOD who made the selections at issue, it’s also possible that your managers ranked you and your colleague highest but region selected the outsider (with your managers are unwilling to posit the blame where it is due). That is not my experience. Government hiring/promotions are weird for sure. RO never stuck their nose in my selections when I was the selecting official though. |
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Post by bourbonmanhattan on May 13, 2023 22:21:53 GMT -5
BT, I’d be careful posting anything said to or by you specific enough to be traced back to you. I’m not defending your managers because I think we all know deserving folks who we feel were passed over for whatever reason…. But Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it the OHO official submits its ranking of candidates for a given position and the regional office actually picks from those names—they are not obligated to pick OHOs top choice. So while it may have been your HOD who made the selections at issue, it’s also possible that your managers ranked you and your colleague highest but region selected the outsider (with your managers are unwilling to posit the blame where it is due). That is not my experience. Government hiring/promotions are weird for sure. RO never stuck their nose in my selections when I was the selecting official though. Agree, all of that is highly unlikely. |
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Post by bourbonmanhattan on May 19, 2023 22:47:42 GMT -5
Are there any 'career coaches' that specialize in federal government attorneys? There should be. I would definitely invest in a good one that uses relevant strategies for the current system. Could one of you that has succeeded in SSA do that on the side... such as @thereturnoframspider or hippolove? I would consider investing in your services. I think there are those like bt who are working hard and doing a great job but not getting anywhere just because they are unaware of little tweaks to make as suggested in the above posts. That's such a loss of time, talent, and money. I think everyone needs to find themselves a mentor or board of mentors. |
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Post by wandernotlost on May 22, 2023 7:31:26 GMT -5
Are there any 'career coaches' that specialize in federal government attorneys? There should be. I would definitely invest in a good one that uses relevant strategies for the current system. Could one of you that has succeeded in SSA do that on the side... such as @thereturnoframspider or hippolove? I would consider investing in your services. I think there are those like bt who are working hard and doing a great job but not getting anywhere just because they are unaware of little tweaks to make as suggested in the above posts. That's such a loss of time, talent, and money. I think everyone needs to find themselves a mentor or board of mentors. Any advice as to how one might do this? |
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Post by legallysufficient on May 22, 2023 13:50:04 GMT -5
For those that work for SSA and do outside work (which seems common), what types of things do you do? Agency seems to grant approval fairly easily.
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Post by bourbonmanhattan on May 22, 2023 20:03:19 GMT -5
I think everyone needs to find themselves a mentor or board of mentors. Any advice as to how one might do this? Start with a conversation with your first and second line supervisors, other supervisors in the office, supervisors in other offices. Make friends with some judges. After selections are made, ask interviewers for feedback. Advisory councils are also interesting. |
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Post by christina on May 23, 2023 13:33:56 GMT -5
I’d also love to know if any AAs have had luck with a lateral transfer recently. My husband’s job has gone fully remote and we need to get out of our high COLA. I have grounds for a hardship transfer but I really don’t want to play that card and open up private info. [b It’s a good card to open up if u want to move |
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Post by rp on May 25, 2023 18:20:21 GMT -5
For those that work for SSA and do outside work (which seems common), what types of things do you do? Agency seems to grant approval fairly easily. Teach. |
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