Re: Fed Jobs

And I suppose you believe your job is inherently governmental?

We have a mixed bag of military, DOD civilian, and contractor. With great respect to many of the contractors with excellent skills and dedication, most don't "buy in" to the mission with the same dedication as the military and DOD civilians. The government folks will put in that extra effort to get the job done. The contractors stop precisely where the contract description says to, (sometimes a wee bit sooner.) OK, that is the deal...but it shows a serious problem with over-contracting.

They don't save us money...who is counting the costs of the contracting office, the residual organizations, the little extra small contracts to take care of the stuff missed in the main contract, etc.

Sure, janitors can be contracted. They tried to contract the office help but the background knowledge of the civil servant was a tremendous and impossibe to quantify advantage. Fortunately it wasn't a CA-76 so we are baack.

Re: Fed Jobs

And...I believe in Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy! And just what is a Diversity Manager? Sounds like a made up job to promote a "favorite" and use up the taxpayer's precious dollars. By the way, are you a contractor?

Re: Fed Jobs

I was hired to make sure quotas were in place and that the best and brightest did not qualify

Re: Fed Jobs

Ever since "Diversity Manager" began posting replies, I've wondered whether this person is for real. If he or she really thinks that the function is to "make sure quotas were in place and that the best and brightest did not qualify" then s/he owes it to DoL to leave the position & go somewhere else, preferably outside of government. Someone truly commited to "diversity" recognizes the importance of a diverse workforce & strives to implement it. I wonder if "Diversity Manager's" superiors within DoL are aware of his/her real feelings about "diversity"?

Re: Been there - done that

He should be filing VEOA and USERRA appeals.

Re: Been there - done that

Without seeing your husband's application vs the positions themselves, there can be any number of reasons why none of the attempts have been successful. If he has been told he is not eligible for a position applied for, there will be no interview; the best he could hope for is that someone will explain why he was found ineligible. As for "not paying attention" - maybe they WERE paying attention, not only to him but to many other applicants. While I hope your husband finds what he is looking for, getting hired, in or out of government, is, like everything else in life, a crapshoot - whether winning the lottery, getting married, or surviving a tour of military service. Contrary to what the "Prof" might have you believe, no one is automatically entitled to a job in government. Even a 30% disabled vet has to compete with other disabled vets.