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[vicarz]

UNITED STATES PATENT and TRADEMARK OFFICE
You are qualified for the vacancy, however, you were not selected

Everything I know about country: (commas used inappropriately)

My baby is american made, born and bred in the USA...

She's not really cheating - she's just getting even

My baby likes a cheatin' song...and I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes, or just the melody.

You gotta know when the hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, and know when to run. You never count your money, while you're sittin' at the table - they'll be time enough for counting, when the game is done.
...and somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broken even...

The devil plays better than Johnny, but somehow is declared the contest winner for reasons that escape me.

Promise me son, not to do the things I done. Walk away from trouble, if you can. It doesn't mean that you're weak if you turn the other cheek...everyone considered him, the coward of the county. There's someone for everyone, and Tommy's love was Becky. He didn't have to win a fight to prove to her he was a man. One day when Johnny was away, the (Becklin?) boys came calling. They took turns at Becky - and there was three of them.
...when he turned they said, "Hey look, old yeller's leavin'!" You could have heard a pin drop when he stopped, and locked the door.

Just call me angel - of the morning bay-bee

Anything, anything, anything but Sue...

Comments

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Seems like it - but you can go to USAJobs and have them email you a list of vacancies daily, weekly, or whatever that fit whatever search terms you give it. Make your own job spam!

I know my agency has a hiring freeze as long as we're on the continuing resolution, but will flood ourselves as much as we can whenever we get real money.

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

I really appreciate your advice about this, btw -- it's not so much that you're saying anything I didn't more or less suspect, but after four years of college and eight in the PhD program, I'm a babe in the woods in terms of "employment."

I know there's been scads of money budgeted for all kinds of things as part of the stimulus and spending and suchlike; I don't suppose you have any idea when when your agency, and by extension other agencies, would get this "real money?"

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Nope...we expected it ... well last I heard it was weeks ago, but the congressional debates have not cleared our budget even though it was due in October 2008. Honestly I haven't paid attention as our agency is too important not to fund - no us, no meat to eat. I hate to say it but scanning the news would be a better way to find out.

However, even when they start - the application process is long and arduous. Those KSAs make applying a royal pain the first ten or so times. To reasonably expect to get a job, you may be talking about at least an application a week for months (I mean you could score one in a week, but it's unlikely)

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

I would say something like "surely funding happens at about the same time every fiscal year," except that would doubtless mark me as an utter rube.


Yeah, I just disregarded anything that closes before June. That may be overly cautious, but maybe not, I dunno how easy it is to get copies of my college transcript (which appears required for pretty well anything).

Though the USPTO doesn't seem interested in my skillset, that might not be the case for exciting acronyms like HHS, NIST, and DEA.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Any job listed as open for more than 2 weeks is probably legit to apply for - most take an unofficial transcript for the application process, with only an official for the actual hire.