So, after almost twenty years of working for the Department of Defense as Active Duty and a civilian, I decided to fish around and see if I could find a job closer to home. I currently commute 55 miles from Denver to the Air Force Academy. This would be a commute of six miles.
This morning the USGS called to set up an appointment for Wednesday! My resume was forwarded on as “Best Qualified” which would actually be “Hellmans Qualified” for you dopers East of the Rockies!
(happy dance)
It’s a Public Affairs/Multimedia Producer position with a promotion potential to GS-12!
I told myself I wouldn’t get too excited until I got through the process to the interview, as anyone who has worked or applied for a government job can attest, it is an agonizingly long wait.
Good luck, and I wish for you ENDLESS patience. My husband was selected for a government job (after being a contractor for some years), and it took probably three months to get everything through. And then another six weeks or so to get our insurance and all squared away.
Right now he’s trying to hire someone. He’s been working on it for several months. He got approval to do the hiring at least four months ago, and when did the job actually finally get advertised? Two weeks ago. :smack: We figure it’ll be 2009 or so before he actually gets anyone on board at this rate.
Mama Tiger, I know all about the waiting game. It took almost seven months for me to get hired in the first place. This wait has been shorter. Only a couple of months from closing to interview.
