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I don't really have much to say or share right now, but I have virtually no work to do so I'm going to post anyway.
School starts today. I have some friends (mostly old friends!) that I want to spend more or some time with, but with my mandatory boxing and hiking added to work and school it gets pretty difficult. What are my priorities?
Detail - wow this is easy. I still haven’t been given any work since a letter 2 days ago. They have been busy on crises and lacked the time to train someone new. I’m making sure I’m 100% available, but I’m not fussing that I have nothing to do. It’s a nice break.
New job. So my interview is coming up and all my work thought has turned to this possibility. I'm probably the best qualified applicant (having 3.5 college degrees does have its advantages) and the only one recommended by an internal director. Add in my ten years gov time with a background in EEO and employee relations and I look pretty good. Big weakness - lack of basic HR functions: benefits, recruitment. My understanding is clerks typically handle those and the Dir doesn’t interact much with those issues.
I'm stunned it's taken them so long to schedule interviews. Does that mean it's an easy job, that they can leave unfilled for so long, or a disaster that needs fixing?
I know the filing system is a wreck and needs revamping. I also know that organizing and creating systems is something I am good at. I’ll also look good no matter what, if the outgoing person was as weak as I believe.
I know if I get the job I have some serious areas I need training in. I also know that the hardest parts of the job are the ones I am an expert in.
I know the raise I get will be offset by the increased cost of commuting and dry-cleaning as I’m going to have to wear a suit. I also know that when you enter a new grade the first few years get step increases, making it about 10k in 3 years plus COLA increases.
I know there is pending legislation to revamp the entire grade system with broad bands and “pay for performance.” This would be a great help to me if it goes through - I’d become an expert on the new system, making me very marketable, and my lack of knowledge of the old system would be a far less handicapping issue.
This is a great opportunity if I can pull it off. They are constantly hiring HR Directors at many GS and SES levels in the government, and Gov HR Dir are marketable to the private sector as well. Add in a law degree and we have employment security for life.
I’m amazed by how many people I know that don’t save for retirement. I’ve been plugging away at retirement funds since I was 25 or so. I might be more flexible with money if I had rich parents or owned property to fall back on - but I don’t. Do you have a retirement plan? If not, why? My plan is to own property and have 2mil in principal to draw interest-only from. It would leave modest to comfortable living in retirement, which seems a reasonable goal - not too skimpy, not too demanding either.
School starts today. I have some friends (mostly old friends!) that I want to spend more or some time with, but with my mandatory boxing and hiking added to work and school it gets pretty difficult. What are my priorities?
Detail - wow this is easy. I still haven’t been given any work since a letter 2 days ago. They have been busy on crises and lacked the time to train someone new. I’m making sure I’m 100% available, but I’m not fussing that I have nothing to do. It’s a nice break.
New job. So my interview is coming up and all my work thought has turned to this possibility. I'm probably the best qualified applicant (having 3.5 college degrees does have its advantages) and the only one recommended by an internal director. Add in my ten years gov time with a background in EEO and employee relations and I look pretty good. Big weakness - lack of basic HR functions: benefits, recruitment. My understanding is clerks typically handle those and the Dir doesn’t interact much with those issues.
I'm stunned it's taken them so long to schedule interviews. Does that mean it's an easy job, that they can leave unfilled for so long, or a disaster that needs fixing?
I know the filing system is a wreck and needs revamping. I also know that organizing and creating systems is something I am good at. I’ll also look good no matter what, if the outgoing person was as weak as I believe.
I know if I get the job I have some serious areas I need training in. I also know that the hardest parts of the job are the ones I am an expert in.
I know the raise I get will be offset by the increased cost of commuting and dry-cleaning as I’m going to have to wear a suit. I also know that when you enter a new grade the first few years get step increases, making it about 10k in 3 years plus COLA increases.
I know there is pending legislation to revamp the entire grade system with broad bands and “pay for performance.” This would be a great help to me if it goes through - I’d become an expert on the new system, making me very marketable, and my lack of knowledge of the old system would be a far less handicapping issue.
This is a great opportunity if I can pull it off. They are constantly hiring HR Directors at many GS and SES levels in the government, and Gov HR Dir are marketable to the private sector as well. Add in a law degree and we have employment security for life.
I’m amazed by how many people I know that don’t save for retirement. I’ve been plugging away at retirement funds since I was 25 or so. I might be more flexible with money if I had rich parents or owned property to fall back on - but I don’t. Do you have a retirement plan? If not, why? My plan is to own property and have 2mil in principal to draw interest-only from. It would leave modest to comfortable living in retirement, which seems a reasonable goal - not too skimpy, not too demanding either.