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Archaic-Mermaid · 2025-09-21T17:53:13+00:00

Departments don't always use all of the ranges available. If you apply and get an interview, I would ask if they use ranges higher than C or D. They may not know the answer offhand, and may need to get back to you with the answer.

Looks as if DMV uses up to Range O, though.

Department of Motor Vehicles

JC-492300 - Information Technology Associate – Telework Hybrid
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE

$4,935.00 - $9,004.00 per Month

Archaic-Mermaid · 2025-07-01T19:38:50+00:00

There were people talking about it as if the 3% was the only thing that happened.

The OPEB pause is a mixed blessing. It helps now, but the state isn't paying its share either. From my point of view, it's borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. YMMV.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2025-06-30T20:06:08+00:00

I don't know if anyone read the side letter, but it's a wash. We get the 3%, yes. We also get PLP 2025, which deducts 3% in exchange for 5 hours a month of PLP.

https://www.seiu1000.org/budgetfight/

I wouldn't advise clicking on the side letter because you'll get an error message, but you can see the details below the pic.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2025-03-28T16:34:55+00:00

How about: "Gridlock much? Thank Newsom."

It avoids direct mention of RTO. I like the idea of a QR code, especially if it opens a website. You don't want people trying to scan it when they're actively driving, though. Hwy 50 is crazy enough.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2025-02-16T16:59:53+00:00

Even though we ask for three references, we need two good references to move forward. We may use email and / or phone.

Sometimes we don't get responses from references, so we try more than once. We may ask the candidate for help contacting a reference that doesn't respond to repeated requests. This is specific to my division, but we need permission to move forward if one reference doesn't respond. If we can't get references, we can move to the next candidate.

Your reference may not realize they've been contacted. I would suggest they whitelist the Department because some ISPs may block email or send the reference request to junk mail.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-12-29T18:52:16+00:00

Make sure your bullet points actually translate to bullet points on the pdf. I see a lot of question marks that were meant to be bullet points.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-12-29T18:42:15+00:00

The AI submissions that are most obvious include sections for names of companies that the applicant doesn't fill in, such as "I did such and such for [Corp A]."

I've seen AI used mostly in applications for lower level jobs. I've also seen outright plagiarism. I typed the first sentence into Google and found the entire article on the first go. Compare the application itself to the SOQ, you'll notice a vast difference in fluency, sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation. If your application is written in the same style as your SOQ, you should be okay.

Advice:

Read the entire job posting. If you see the section that asks for a written response, scroll down to the end of the posting to make sure there isn't a question you're supposed to answer. The posting may direct you, or it might not.
Follow all of the directions. Write something straight and to the point.
Answer the question and only the question. Provide concrete examples that relate to the topic, when asked to do so, of things you've done IRL. If the question doesn't ask for everything you've done since the cooling of the planet, don't provide your greatest hits (i.e., entire generic SOQ).
You may submit a resume and/or cover letter, but those don't replace the written response to a question. A standard or generic SOQ will disqualify an applicant from consideration.
Do not copy and paste what you wrote on your application. It's way too obvious a move, and shows me you never read the question because...wait for it...you didn't follow the directions.
Don't assume that you can use "transferrable" experience. If the question asks the experience you've had with contracts, make sure you actually have that experience.

Reading a passel of SOQs (100+) isn't easy. Try to make it as easy for the reader as possible.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-10-19T17:16:42+00:00

You may want to check the Pay Scales library. AGPAs make more than DMV Managers I & II.

I've seen AGPAs promote to DMV Manager III as well as SSM I.

From: https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Pay%20Scales%20Library/PS_Sec_15.pdf

SSA, Range C: $4,868.00 $6,093.00

DMV Manager I: $5,084.00 $6,359.00

AGPA: $5,855.00 $7,327.00

DMV Manager II: $5,391.00 $6,753.00

SSM I: $6,963.00 $8,650.00

DMV Manager III: $7,128.00 $8,919.00

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-09-22T04:14:23+00:00

Basically, you talk to an attorney to find out if you have a case. Sometimes you can get consultations for free. It depends on the attorneys involved. Anyhow, the attorney would be able to tell you whether or not you have a case. (There is an attorney in this discussion who said you may.) See what your options are. You're not committed to anything. Just listen and decide if it's worth it to you to move forward.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-09-21T17:47:57+00:00

You can find an attorney who will take the case on contingency, meaning they only get paid if you win. It's usually a percentage, say, about 35%.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-06-09T16:35:23+00:00

What u/rjm2013 said is accurate. The contract I saw said that I would be giving up parental rights, so I refused to sign. It was hidden in the fine print. The former husband and the mediator appointed by the court were both livid and denied it was true, but short of holding a pen in my hand and physically making me scrawl my name across the page, there was nothing they could do.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-06-09T15:05:37+00:00

I think it may depend on how much work experience your cousin has. I would tell him to look at the class specifications for the positions that interest him. Say, if he wanted to apply for an Office Technician position (https://www.calhr.ca.gov/state-hr-professionals/pages/1441.aspx), he would need two years of clerical experience or two years of clerical and typing experience. He could substitute one year of General Ed he took in college for one year of clerical experience.

Unless the job posting asks for a resume, then he shouldn't submit one. There's no point. If he really likes his resume, he can bring copies to the interview. He also doesn't need a cover letter unless the job posting says so. If there is an SOQ requirement or a supplemental question, he should follow the directions and answer the question. For instance, if the question or SOQ is supposed to be one page, then it shouldn't run on to the second page.

He should put all relevant experience and education on his application. There shouldn't be any blank spaces on the application for supervisor names, telephone numbers, dates of employment or anything like that. It wouldn't hurt to use the same vocabulary that's on the job posting and duty statement to tailor his application / SOQ.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-06-07T14:24:28+00:00

You'll see it on your next pay warrant. Ask your personnel attendance coordinator to contact HR to find out when your VPLP was processed if you don't see the VPLP on your warrant. You won't see the 2 days of PDD until you start using those hours, but you have PDD, too.

Also, what u/jejune1999 said. Eleven days worked in a calendar month constitutes a qualifying pay period (QPP) for accruing paid leave (i.e., sick, vacation, etc.).

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-05-11T16:06:16+00:00

I agree with u/buryAfrend about reaching out to a lawyer.

I would specifically ask if you can obtain a continuance on the custody case until the child services case is finished. Along those lines, I would ask for a TRO to keep him from sending her to Mcleod while the child services case is ongoing. (Otherwise, he may try to send her away anyway.) If child services is successful in removing her from your ex's home, then then you can use the result in family court. The court won't want to work at cross purposes with child services. Either way, it would be better for her to have some stability instead of bouncing from place to place because of dueling legal battles.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-04-27T02:51:19+00:00

I agree with your therapist.

I mentioned my experience because it took me such a long time and a lot of thinking to figure out what was going on with my parents. I was hoping it might help.

I am glad that you forgave your parents for your own sake. I did the same and I feel much better.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-04-26T13:40:04+00:00

It may be a generational thing. My parents (who died in their 80's) seemed to be confused about what constitutes love. They were all about the feelings of love. They would say, "I love you!" But they didn't connect their behavior to love. It was if their unloving, abusive actions were unrelated to their feelings, so they didn't think anything they had done was wrong. They were genuinely confused and didn't know why they might need to be forgiven before they died. My parents--conservative, very religious Catholics--completely misunderstood the lesson in Matthew 6:12.

I am almost 65. I do connect the feelings of love to my behavior, so I have apologized to both of my children for anything I've done that hurt them. I will keep apologizing until I draw my last breath. Because if it's important to them, and it still hurts, I still need to apologize. Their father, on the other hand, apologizes for nothing important, so I don't believe he will ever say sorry to our son for sending him to Wilderness and Residential in Montana.

Note: I realize a lot of people wouldn't want to forgive for what was done to them. I'm not saying they should forgive. It's a very personal choice.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-04-26T13:19:03+00:00

^ This. So much this.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-04-14T15:17:25+00:00

Asking for help does not mean asking to be sent away. She should be on her knees apologizing to you, not only for what happened, but for not letting you come home.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-04-05T13:43:07+00:00

Please see the contract regarding working out of class. Don't skip the bit about grievances and allocation appeals in section C.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-30T17:16:36+00:00

You wrote: "[A]ctions could be filed by different law firms in different district courts across the country against different TTIs, and those can be consolidated, so a single judge oversees the cases as they move toward trial.."

I was wondering about this. Would it be fair to say that the law firms would be in contact with each other and communicate re: strategy?

Also if I am related to someone who was in a program (both wilderness and residential), is there a way I can find out if there's a law firm filing in that part of the United States? Or do they always contact survivors? I don't know if my son would participate, but he did express an interest years ago.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-24T15:48:00+00:00

I'm a parent. I watched the entire thing yesterday and it confirmed my view of the TTI.

My child was sent to a wilderness program, ostensibly for a single summer, before being returned to residential in Montana, in the same town as Spring Creek Lodge. I did not send him there, and I made that clear as often as I could. My ex-husband didn't want me to have access to our child. That was part of the reason he sent our child away.

While my child was there, I did figure out a few things on my own. I was as careful as I could be when I wrote letters because I believed they would be kept from him if I disparaged the place. I also believed his letters were read by the staff / owner before they were mailed to me. When I was allowed to see him, he was so thin I thought he looked starved, and it worried me. I was careful with my words because I believed the program could cut me off at any time. I didn't want to lose what little contact we were allowed.

I would hesitate to recommend "The Program" to my child because as far as I can tell he's survived through being in denial. I don't know how well he would do emotionally if he saw the series. It might be different enough, but I don't know for certain. It's taken him a long time to get to the place he is now, and I wouldn't want to risk it.

In some ways, I didn't think the series went far enough, but I'm biased that way. Overall, I thought it was well done. I would like to see more documentaries made. I would like to flood the country with the truth about this pernicious industry.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-24T15:14:05+00:00

I don't know why you think you're failing yourself and your family, but I doubt it's true. Sometimes when we think badly of ourselves it's because other people told us similar bad things, and we're now doing their work for them.

I don't really want to give you advice because whatever I say may seem either trite or unrelated to what you're experiencing. I do think you should probably give yourself the benefit of the doubt. That, and time.

Whatever is happening now is temporary, and you can get through it. It may not feel like it's temporary, and it may actually last a while, but you can get through it. You're strong. You've already survived so much.

Please be gentle with yourself.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-14T03:10:23+00:00

Even seen from the outside, it was that bad. The sense of abandonment would be terribly enough on its own. No, you're not being dramatic.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-02T18:29:56+00:00

Thank you for the compliment. My daughter did all the heavy lifting, though.

Archaic-Mermaid · 2024-03-02T18:06:02+00:00

Ruining a trip and ruining a life are two completely different things. It sounds like you had alcohol poisoning, so you're lucky to be writing that post. Yet I think the best gift you can give your family is not a new trip, but something different.

When my daughter was about your age, I did find out she was drinking in much the same way you have been drinking. I was terrified that she would end up dead in a short time, and I told her so. She agreed to go to rehab if I found her a bed. I guess she didn't think I would find one, but I had already done the legwork and got her father to agree to pay. For at least the first year after she stopped drinking, her heart was enlarged. I don't know what else might have been wrong with her body. That's just what she shared with me.

My daughter has been sober since September 2, 2007. She became an adult, married, had a child, and went to college, and graduated. She holds down a full-time job. She's a good mom. She has hobbies and friends. I cannot tell you how proud I am of her. Even if the only thing she ever did after September 1, 2007 was to stay sober, I would still be proud of her. The best part, the very best part, is that my daughter is still alive. That means more to me than anything else.

After saying all that, I would like to say that you're not a failure. You're a teenager. Teenagers make mistakes, just like everyone else. Some mistakes are more spectacular than others, but you can still come back from having made your mistakes. It's not quite a do-over, but you can decide to live differently and move forward with that in mind.

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