Career check in ? 8/24

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rubytue, that is fascinating! "Preselection" sounds like "networking" before an interview process, which is something that is incredibly common over here in the "non fed" world. It also sounds like something that has good intentions (to not bias the interview process) but doesn't necessarily apply / make sense in the real world. I wonder if the average male employee is as cautious about not treading on preselection? (Thinking of the research about how men apply to roles when they meet about ~60% of the criteria vs. women typically much higher.) Threadjacking here a little bit, but the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of our gov't fascinate me!

And - carrotsmakemefat - I hope you have success, good luck!!!!

[rubytue]

@shoegal - you can still network. And you can still be preselected you just want to avoid it looking like you were preselected, bc it becomes a mess for the hiring manager should someone grieve.

But yes, it is a common occurrence. Heck, us minions usually refer to the 14 postings as "Joe's 14" or "Jane's 14," even when we all apply for it, it always ended up exactly where we predicted.

[rubytue]

Also, @carrotsmakenefat - if you are the only internal, then I wouldn't worry as much about it. I'm a crazy rule follower. Which, as I've mentioned, gets me no where.

[aurora]

Aug 30, 2015 8:32:59 GMT -5 @shoegal said:

rubytue, that is fascinating! "Preselection" sounds like "networking" before an interview process, which is something that is incredibly common over here in the "non fed" world. It also sounds like something that has good intentions (to not bias the interview process) but doesn't necessarily apply / make sense in the real world. I wonder if the average male employee is as cautious about not treading on preselection? (Thinking of the research about how men apply to roles when they meet about ~60% of the criteria vs. women typically much higher.) Threadjacking here a little bit, but the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of our gov't fascinate me!

And - carrotsmakemefat - I hope you have success, good luck!!!!

I am not a fed now but I think some of the rules are set up to try to reduce unconscious bias and the resulting discrimination. I think the idea (which may or may not be true) is that if you don't have your mind mad up before you review the résumés it's easier to compare fairly on paper.