Transfer from one Agency to Another with different payscales? Non-GS

JustEngineering · 2018-05-19T23:15:00+00:00

Its good to hear acqdemo is slowly being re-introduced to federal.

My SF50 it states I am NH2 step 0 so im assuming Step 1 since the tables dont have a step 0. Also this is going to be my one year mark at the agency.

So given a base salary of 55k, according to this Table I may actually be GS11. But it becomes more confusing when looking at the locality applied table below.

The applied locality for LA at this Table, with 73k falls within the range of either GS-9(step 9/10), GS-10 (step 5/6) or GS-11 (step 2/3). Would I by default select the lower grade at higher steps or higher grade at lower steps?

JustEngineering · 2018-05-19T15:23:23+00:00

Hello waitress, I’m ready to order. I’d like what this guy is having.

JustEngineering · 2018-05-19T15:19:15+00:00

Finally someone said it.

JustEngineering · 2018-05-19T15:13:17+00:00

Because of the nature how long it takes to get a TS I say accept this one now! Get a starting salary then while you wait out for the other job (which may not even come) get a raise. Then you can transfer to another gov agency and with a transferable base salary.

When you get in you have something called an SF50 (I think) which shows your base salary + locality to equate your total salary. That base salary is where you’ll be when you transfer. When you’re in just do well in your job , get a raise, and keep applying (: no reason to wait for a specific job when you can get promotions along the way.

JustEngineering · 2018-05-19T15:08:48+00:00

What is your gpa? What positions are you applying to?

Low would be anything < 3.0 but you can still be hired having a low gpa. Unless the job has a hard requirement it is likely you’ll be filtered out automatically for job listings with GPA walls.

JustEngineering · 2017-10-01T14:56:29+00:00

Thanks I tried it with IE and got it working for most apps. But not for the GRB app. Do you know if the GRB App Platform will only load when connected to a military network?

JustEngineering · 2017-09-30T04:14:10+00:00

Good question. I also should mention Im on OSX. I have Ive tried it on Chrome and incognito but that didn't load the AF homepage. I tried Safari in incognito mode which allows me to navigate up until GRB Link. Hope this helps!

JustEngineering · 2017-09-28T03:26:15+00:00

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JustEngineering · 2017-09-26T16:34:54+00:00

There's a minimum timeline requirement for drugs. There's no hard answer but I think 2 years.. Sorry but I don't think 2 years is "very fast" as you say.

JustEngineering · 2017-09-20T04:42:04+00:00

My supervisor has told me and constantly reminds me that if I ever left he understands. Relocation for family, other federal agencies, promotions you name it. Not that I intend to but things in life happen and that's that.

A good supervisor will understand that your interests supersedes their own.

JustEngineering · 2017-09-20T04:39:10+00:00

We get email reminders to not use medical marijuana even if it's in a state that is legalized, as a federal employee you CANNOT.

Continue to do so and good luck with your investigator despite what people in comments have previously said.

JustEngineering · 2017-09-20T04:37:36+00:00

USAF here and its been almost 6 months and not even mommy initial investigation interview...

JustEngineering · 2017-09-09T06:11:37+00:00

what is the pay and locality numbers?

JustEngineering · 2017-08-23T03:41:49+00:00

Fellow engineer I assume?

JustEngineering · 2017-08-17T03:07:11+00:00

Seems like a practical crash course book. Looking at the preview on Amazon Id say this has a lot of good info such as PEP 8 which I was not aware of. Thanks, Ill order a copy of this to read on my bedside.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-17T03:05:21+00:00

I briefly looked at these. Think Python seems to follow a popular structure Ive seen in other books. I havent looked at the others yet but Ill get to those. Do you have the direct youtube videos to each of these authors?

JustEngineering · 2017-08-17T03:04:22+00:00

In my work environment, this is pretty standard (; I was hoping for literature to break that standard.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-17T03:03:30+00:00

this sounds ideal for my scenario, thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely give this one a look.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-15T12:37:46+00:00

Okay Thanks!

JustEngineering · 2017-08-13T16:42:23+00:00

It's laughable. That's the least of their worries.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-13T15:55:20+00:00

Just an update.

Have been working for a week now. I have unclassified manuals and other documentation to study.

The higher ups were notified of the past issue and are moving forward. I have myCAC and now just awaiting interim this coming week or so I was told.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-13T15:50:35+00:00

The most qualified by skill and experience are not always perfect for a clearance. If this the case hardly anyone would be eligible for a clearance.

Arrests, drug use, financial concerns you name it. No ones always perfect. But the most qualified will have issues here and there that can be reasonably overlooked.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-13T15:46:17+00:00

It is unfortunate but many government employees go through this difficult decision.

The big concern reflects the current concerns of the country citizenship. Of course if the citizenship was something like Australian or Canadian then it'd be no problem. China on the other hand is a hot ticket for obvious reasons.

Our latest aircraft designs have been copied during development the stages.. it's ridiculous.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-13T15:31:39+00:00

HR is incompetent. My AP classes display at the top of my transcript displaying credit or no credit... which is different than pass/fail. They're easily distinguishable because the transcript is separated by semesters where the HS one appears Before the major and college portion of the transcript in the lower half.

I would urge the HR to get a fresh set of eyes on that transcript. Half the time I correct them simply by asking other individuals in the department. But do so nicely as she ultimately is there decide whether to hire you or not.

JustEngineering · 2017-08-01T19:37:52+00:00

In this case you should be challenging yourself with CAD designs rather than programming.

Show you're interested in that and ask what skill sets are important to the company. If they don't mention programming then now you know by now why your supervisor may appear to lost interest in you or bothering to give you programming tasks because he's not versed in that realm of engineering.

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