Has anyone read this thread?

[ilovecandy]

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Discuss?

[ilovelamp]

I think she could have got her point across without being so...disrespectful. I'm not sure if that's the word I'm looking for or not.

I think vet preferance is a good thing. Vets can have a really hard time being reintroduced to the civilian world and I think it's great that we are taking care of our peeps!

[prettyinpink]

May 24, 2012 22:05:59 GMT -5 ilovelamp said:

I think she could have got her point across without being so...disrespectful. I'm not sure if that's the word I'm looking for or not.

I think vet preferance is a good thing. Vets can have a really hard time being reintroduced to the civilian world and I think it's great that we are taking care of our peeps!

I totally agree with this!

[ilovecandy]

Along the lines of what I was thinking. I get being frustrated about being qualified about being passed over because of vet preference. But ultimately I think it is a good thing.

[MrsAggie]

According to one statistic I heard, less than 1% of Americans are serving in the military. It's not like they're taking over the entire job market. Plus, they already have a government job. If you applied for a different job within your company, you would have preference over an outsider as well. Sorry, she's getting no pity party from me.

[JakJak]

Yea, no sympathy for me either. She kind of sounded like a kid whining "but it's not fair!!". I am also laughing at the person who said people enlist for the 'sweet paycheck'.

[ggirl]

She sounds stuck up. She lists her qualifications and basically seems to imply that no Vet could possibly have those qualifications.

I get being frustrated by being turned down from jobs, that does suck. But to blame all the vets? C'mon. Maybe your resume isn't as good as you think it is.

And yes "sweet paycheck". I forgot about all the diamonds I buy with that paycheck.

[drunkpeggy]

Yeah she can shove it.

My husband isn't rolling in job offers. In fact I feel like any mention of his service, past and current, hinders him.

[aliciar6]

she obviously doesn't know how the veteran's preferance works...you are all rated in the interveiw and based on your resume and the "winner" is picked from the top 3, if there are veterans in the top 3 you are supposed to pick the veteran, but normally the top 3 have very close to the same scores and qualifications. They get 5 or 10 points added to their score. But if the interviewer feels that the non-vet has something that makes them far more qualified they can write a letter expressing that to HR and the non-vet can be chosen.

she thinks it's just because they are vets, no, it's they have the same qualifications as you, but they also did something you were unwilling to do...she should read the OPM guidance on the whole process before complaining.

and that whole sweet paycheck post made me want to punch her through the computer. The paycheck may look big, but if you break it down to an hourly rate, my hourly rate while deployed was nothing compared to my hourly rate at home...it looks on paper (for certain situations) like a super deal, but they don't know the sacrifices and that not everyone gets BAS, BAH, it's based on location, rank, marital status.....

i work for the DoD, and first your resume has to make it through the CPAC automated checks...there are key words they search for based on the job description that they want to see in your resume, then for my group you have to answer a set of pre-interview questions, just to be selected for interview, then if you have managed to snag an interview, you get your shot to wow them. In our group, you are scored on all 3 things, your resume, your pre-interview answers and your interview.

i'm a vet, with a 5 pt preference and i have been not selected for positions, it's all about having the right qualifications, not just being a vet...in fact being deployed and away so much for training hindered me compared to my peers who didn't have gaps in their employment history.