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Good morning all,
I felt that this thread coincides with the American Disablilities Act in terms of placing people with Disabilities in the U.S. Government for work. Some people are not familiar with this. I was one of them until about 5 years ago. All my life I have worked for the government during summer breaks from school. Now that I am finish with school as a whole and despite me having a degree from college, nobody would take me for work. Finally, I landed a contract job with the government in something that I had no relation with in my schooling. Despite the fact that I did get a job in the government, I wanted to be a government worker. That's where the Schedule A Letter comes in.
So...what the heck is it???? The Schedule A Letter is your Disney Land Ticket to the front of the line. No BS. I kid you not. You know how it is hard to get a job in USAJobs because you are competing with other applicants. The Schedule A Letter will put you to the front of the line. Mind you, this letter is only for people with disabilities. This is how the procedure would go down if an Human Resourcer is viewing applications.
You say, that's not fair....why are they doing this...considered cheating much? I understand. I thought the same way too but the government has been penalized/punished years before for not employing people with disabilities and that's where the Schedule A Letter comes into play.
So why are you telling us this? I feel that because I have used it and got to where I am today in a very EXCELLENT and BETTER Government Job that I feel that it's my need to share it on and not keep it to myself. It may be helpful to those that need a job right now. I must say however, expect some frustrations as just because you got a Schedule A letter doesn't mean you get a job automatically. They WILL see if you have the skills they need of course. So....that's my.....eh...novel....hope you get into it!!! LET'S GO!!!!
Resources:
Federal Employment of People with Disabilities
I felt that this thread coincides with the American Disablilities Act in terms of placing people with Disabilities in the U.S. Government for work. Some people are not familiar with this. I was one of them until about 5 years ago. All my life I have worked for the government during summer breaks from school. Now that I am finish with school as a whole and despite me having a degree from college, nobody would take me for work. Finally, I landed a contract job with the government in something that I had no relation with in my schooling. Despite the fact that I did get a job in the government, I wanted to be a government worker. That's where the Schedule A Letter comes in.
So...what the heck is it???? The Schedule A Letter is your Disney Land Ticket to the front of the line. No BS. I kid you not. You know how it is hard to get a job in USAJobs because you are competing with other applicants. The Schedule A Letter will put you to the front of the line. Mind you, this letter is only for people with disabilities. This is how the procedure would go down if an Human Resourcer is viewing applications.
- First, they would view ALL Veterans applications in a noncompetitive format.
- Second, if they have scouted out all the Veterans that they considered eligible or not they will go to people with Schedule A Letter and view their applications.
- Third, once that is done they view all over COMPETITIVE Applicants.
You say, that's not fair....why are they doing this...considered cheating much? I understand. I thought the same way too but the government has been penalized/punished years before for not employing people with disabilities and that's where the Schedule A Letter comes into play.
So why are you telling us this? I feel that because I have used it and got to where I am today in a very EXCELLENT and BETTER Government Job that I feel that it's my need to share it on and not keep it to myself. It may be helpful to those that need a job right now. I must say however, expect some frustrations as just because you got a Schedule A letter doesn't mean you get a job automatically. They WILL see if you have the skills they need of course. So....that's my.....eh...novel....hope you get into it!!! LET'S GO!!!!
Resources:
Federal Employment of People with Disabilities