Wednesday, August 25, 2010

UW's Making the Difference Campaign Featured by the National Initiative

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S MAKING THE DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGN TRIPLES FEDERAL EVENTS, INCREASES PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS FINALISTS BY 550%, AND LEADS TO A NEW BOOK!

Since receiving the Partnership for Public Service’s Call to Serve Innovation Grant in February 2009, the University of Washington has made incredible strides towards building and expanding upon existing relationships with federal agencies.

In May 2009, the Partnership came to campus to train over 30 career counselors and faculty from across our three campuses, representing most of the 16 colleges and schools on campus which reach over 92,000 students per year. At the training, there were 13 representatives from nine different federal agencies in the Seattle area, ranging from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Since launching the program, we have gone from hosting 10 federal events in 2008-09, to 45 events in 2009-10! This includes a successful “Find and Apply for Federal Jobs” workshop series offered by the career center, two panels of speakers on federal internship programs, a large government jobs fair and several employer panels focused on federal opportunities.

Additionally, we have create a Steering Committee of staff across campus, presented at the Northwest Career Educators and Employers Association conference, had a brief spot on local television about federal careers and a front-page article in the campus newspaper about the initiative. Based on the successes of last year, we are already organizing our federal events for the upcoming year.

One of the most significant achievements of our program is the increased awareness of federal hiring programs such as the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. In September 2009, we held the first university-wide PMF presentation, with several PMF finalists in attendance as well as agencies seeking to hire PMFs. This led to an incredible increase in the number of finalists—UW went from having four finalists in 2008-9, to 22 finalists in 2009-10, a 550% increase!

In addition to these increases, we have launched two outreach initiatives to make students aware of federal careers and to engage federal agencies in the region: our Federal Student Ambassadors Program and our Making the Difference Blog. The Federal Student Ambassadors program is modeled on the Partnership’s Federal Service Student Ambassadors, and utilizes a group of 14 students who have already conducted internships in the federal government. These students serve as our team of promoters for federal events, as well as a bridge to the agencies where they have worked. They also contribute to our Making the Difference Blog. This blog has been an excellent way to make students aware of internships and student programs as well as federal careers in general. We also created outreach initiatives including a Facebook page and a poster campaign highlighting federal job opportunities. The secret behind our success is Elizabeth Streett, the Lead Federal Student Ambassador, who has worked to coordinate many events and programs. Her background as a Human Resource Specialist for the Army for three years has been incredibly helpful in this work.

Participation in the Call to Serve program has also helped one of the grant coordinators, Heather Krasna, Director of Career Services at the Evans School of Public Affairs, with her new book, Jobs That Matter: Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service. This new book covers careers in federal, state, local and multilateral government entities, as well careers that benefit the public in the nonprofit and corporate sectors.

Heather worked with staff at the Partnership to identify two of the professionals who are profiled in the book, Cathleen Berrick, Managing Director, Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office and a Service to America Medals medalist, and Kristen Taddonio, Lead, Strategic Climate Projects, Climate Protection Partnerships Division of the EPA. Heather also had the great privilege of working with the Partnership’s CEO, Max Stier, as he wrote the forward to her book. Max’s summary of Jobs That Matter? “Reading this book is a smart step on the journey to both finding a fulfilling job and serving the nation.”

Check out Heather’s book, Jobs That Matter: Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service, on Amazon.com
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Info about scenic drives in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 10 March 2011)

Here are some links about scenic drives in Italy:

SCENIC DRIVES
BOOKS
VIDEOS
  • Amalfi Drive – Source: concierge.com – "inspired travel starts here"
  • You Tube "Join the largest worldwide video-sharing community!" – Source: web site – In multiple languages
    • Amalfi Coast, Italy: A Cliff Top Drive – RickSteves — Aug 17, 2009 – Just south of Naples you'll find one of Italy's most beautiful slices of scenery: the Amalfi coastline. To take it all in, you'll want to follow the coast road and let someone else do the driving. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com
    • Scenic Drive - Passo di Giau in Italy – atmango — Nov 16, 2009
RELATED
MISCELLANEOUS
* = Blog entry has been updated.

For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for government jobs, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

SUGGESTION #1: you do not need to bring whatever book or magazine that you found a scenic drive or drives that you are interested in driving in Italy or Europe. You just photocopy the selected pages from whatever book or magazine and bring these selected pages with you to Italy. You do not want or need the added weight, bulk and inconvenience of carrying books and/or magazines when traveling around Italy.

SUGGESTION #2: Use your public library and check out a specific book about scenic drives in Italy. If you want to buy it later, please feel free to do so.

SUGGESTION #3: When driving in Italy, enjoy the drive and drive safely. You are not in a race to see and do everything, just take your time. If someone behind you is tailgating you, pull over at a safe place and let them pass you. My wife and I have seen cars, trucks and motorcycles pass on blind curves and across solid white/yellow lines. This summer, we witnessed an accident where one automobile rear-ended another small automobile with serious injuries. This accident occurred on a divided 4-lane road, on dry pavement and with sunny skies.

SUGGESTION #4: You do not need a full size map of Italy. If you are in a car and trying to unfold it to find out where you are at the moment and where you want to go, while you are driving, it can be very frustrating.

Maps for Italy come in all shapes and sizes. Just buy a map(s) or pick up a "free" tourist map or maps for the area of Italy that you will be traveling in. There are area maps of Italy: northern, central and southern. There are maps of just the regions of Italy and there are 2o regions. There are maps of the various provinces within the a region. There are city and town maps. And then, there are all sorts and combinations of on-line maps and GPS maps.

SUGGESTION #5: For those individuals that use GPS units or software (S/W) on a cell phone or laptop. There are subtle differences and I am going to mention just one or two. For instance, our mailing address is Gargonza 81, 52048 Monte San Savino (AR). If you enter our mailing address into a GPS unit, it will show you the town of Monte San Savino in the province of Arezzo and the location of Gargonza along the SS73 but NOT where we actually live unless you have our specific GPS coordinates. Unless the location is a "POI" (point of interest), just having an address may not get you there. It is critical to have the complete name of the street address.

Note: there are few if any directional aids (north, south, east or west ) on street/road signs. Unless you know in which direction a specific town/village/city is north of your current location when you are driving around or east or west or south, it may take you a while to find the town/village/city you are trying to find. Please note: There are many Italian towns and villages that have the same name. The main difference is their respective postal code and the region or the province they are located in.

We have met and know people in Italy that swears by their respective GPS units and we know people that have been "LOST" even with a GPS unit or SmartPhone.

That's it for Wednesday, 25 August 2010: mercoledì, 25 agosto 2010

Ciao, Ben

government jobs – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.
"Lavora con la testa, non le mani."
"Work with your head, not with your hands."

When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 10 March 2011)

© Benjamin H. Licodo, 2010, All Rights Reserved.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Networking in Washington D.C.

University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs Professor Mark Long shares with us his experience searching and networking for internships in Washington D.C. He landed two, one with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in Washington D.C.

I worked as a summer intern in D.C. in 1996 for the Office and Management and Budget (OMB), and 1997 for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).  I served in these positions during the summer after completing an M.P.P. at the University of Michigan and after my first year completed as a Ph.D. student respectively.  When I went about the task of landing a D.C. internship in 1996, I was at a loss for how to find an internship.  The best decision that I made was to travel to D.C. for spring break and use the whole week to make contacts and do informational interviewing.  I started about a month before spring break calling UM alumni who had DC employment (UM kept a directory that students could access).  These were all cold calls, as I didn't know the individuals before making the calls.  I found these alumni to be invaluable sources of information on how to find internships, what the work would be like, and most importantly who to talk to when I arrived.  Many of these alumni provided me introductions to staff who agreed to meet with me for short informational interviews.  I made sure to tell these individuals that I wanted to ask them about their agency/organization even if there were no internships available (as these interviews would provide valuable insights into future possible employment).  By pre-scheduling these informational interviews, I filled about half of the spring break week, but I had numerous gaps in my schedule.  In the down time, I decided to do cold calling on a variety of organizations (e.g., Urban Institute) and was surprised by their willingness to find staff who were willing to meet with me then or later in the week.  Amazingly, a few of these cold calls resulted in internship offers.  I also went through "normal" channels in applying for internships, and I believe that my OMB and CBO internships were secured through these normal channels.  Nonetheless, I found the process of generating and expanding a network to be an invaluable way to get the lay of the land and to increase my chances of landing a job.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Info on classified ads for Expats, for other newcomers and those individuals living or planning to live in Italy

Here are some links for on-line classified ads for Expats, for newcomers and those individuals living or planning to live in Italy:

CLASSIFIED/WANT ADS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CATEGORIES
RELATED
  • GROUPS OR WEB SITES THAT HAVE FORUMS. MESSAGE BOARDS, ETC.:
    • Expats in Italy – "for those who dream and those who live the dream" – Source: web site – registration required
    • friends in rome – "Old city znd New friends... Live the real Rome!" – "socialize and network with international and local people while discovering everything that Rome has to offer and enjoy great food and wine" – Source: web site – registration required
    • Milan – Source: easyexpat.com – In multiple languages
    • Milan Community – Source: expatriates.com – "Hello and welcome to expatriates.com - the community web site created for and by expatriates and internationally minded people everywhere."
    • Rome – Source: easyexpat.com – In multiple languages
    • RomeMama.com – "for mothers and mothers-to-be in rome, italy" – Source: web site
    • VCN-Rome – "Volunteer and Consultant Network, Rome" – registration required – Source: Yahoo!® Groups – registration required
  • RESOURCES
MISCELLANEOUS
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For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for government jobs, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

That's it for Wednesday, 18 August 2010: mercoledì, 18 agosto 2010

Ciao, Ben

government jobs – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.
"Il silenzio di un bacio vale piu di mille parole."
"The silence of a kiss is worth more than 1000 words."

When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Progressive Broadside of Obama's Mouthpiece

Yes. Obama's mouthpiece, Robert Gibbs, recently stuck his foot in his mouth, thought it's not sure he realizes or acknowledges it. I'm speaking of the following, from the GLH Blog:

The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality.”

The progressive GLH Blog elaborates on why he's pissed off at

'Barack Bush's flunky Robert Gibbs'

in "Barack Bush's Toady Attacks Single Payer".

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More on the Left & Right Joining Forces

Maybe you've experienced this. You take interest in something you've not noticed before, say a car of a particular color. Then you start noticing this thing all over the place when you didn't before.

Maybe that's what's going on with me an the thesis I'm pursuing about the potential power of principled people on the left & right joining forces to challenge the power and policy of the establishment. I've been addressing this topic in the past few episodes of GDAE Podcast:

Part 1: (20-min abridged) - The Thesis of the Left & Right Joining Together. Motivations and Defining the Thesis. Real-world example: Challenging the Consolidation of Media Ownership.

Part 2: (30-min) - More than a Hypothesis: Real-world examples of Left/Right Joint Efforts to government jobs. The call to "Audit the Federal Reserve."

Part 3: (30-min) - More Real-world examples. The late-1800s Populist Movement & the current movement calling for strict adherence to 10th Amendment of the US Constitution.

Now I'm starting to see more real-world cases and other people observing this social phenomenon. The Tea Party movement, for the most part, is NOT a part of this left/right coming together. That's in part because it's partly co opted by corporate sponsors and demagogues like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck (tho the concerns of its diverse membership are similar).

This is also not about establishment conservatives who reject the Tea Party, or , or at least hold them at a distance. Tho, there can be some intersection these principled establishment conservatives too. One example is the conservative and liberal lawyers who challenged the constitutionality of California's Anti-gay marriage Proposition 8. (The two lawyers were conservative Ted Olsen and liberal David Boies, the two of whom battled each other in the Bush v. Gore 2000 election coup). But lets face it, Olsen & Boies are part of the establishment mindset.

It's hard to pin down this phenomenon, in part because it is diverse and complex. But, when you hear the examples and discussions on the previous podcasts, it starts to take shape. I'll be expanding on more examples in the August GDAE Podcast, so stay tuned.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Info on blogs about, for or on Rome/Roma, Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 June 2011)

Here are some links on blogs about, for or on Rome/Roma, Italy:

BLOGS: ABOUT, FOR OR ON ROME/ROMA
  • GENERAL
  • BUSINESS RELATED/COMMERICAL
    • BeAtRome.com Blog – "1000 + 1 reasons to book hotels in Rome" – Source: web site
    • vino roma – Hande Leimer – Source: web site
  • CHILDREN/KIDS
    • Rome City Guide for Kids – "the children's key to the eternal city" – Lola – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
  • COOKING/FOOD
    • 2 friends 4 cooking – "Italian cooking lessons in Rome, recipes and more" – Source: web site
    • Food in Rome – "Reviews of restaurants and guide to eating out in Rome, Italy." – Rob and Petulia – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • Parla Food – "Travel writer Katie Parla chases down the best food in Italy and elsewhere." – Katie Parla – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • BLOG ENTRY
      • Food in Rome – By Zerlina, Guest Columnist – Posted on March 15, 2011 – Ron – Location: Formerly Rome, now in Copenhagen, Denmark – Source: Ron in Rome! – "Assistance, Advice, Thoughts on Visiting & Living in Rome!"
  • EXPATS
    • AGLIO, OLIO & PEPERONCINO – "Personal thoughts on all things tasty" – Eleonora – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • Marina's Bloggariffic – "Diary of a Singaporean in Rome" – rinaz – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • MOSCERINA – moscerina – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • Mr. Southern goes to Rome – "It's like Ernest Goes to Camp, except... uh... less "Campy." And... I'm not "Ernest."" – – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • Roam to Rome – Martha – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • Rome City Guide for Kids – "the children's key to the eternal city" – Lola – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • Rome Life – Claire – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • The Rome Report – Paul and – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • Rome the Second Time – "15 Itineraries That Don't Go to the Coliseum" – Dianne Bennett and William Graebner – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site and book
    • ROME SECRET – Superali – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • ROMESECRET – by Ali Filmer – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • ROME - ROME - ROME – "Stories of Life an Death in the Eternal City" – Lawrie Taylor – Location: Rome Lazio – Source: web site
    • Ron in Rome! – "Assistance, Advice, Thoughts on Visiting & Living in Rome!" – Location: Formerly Rome, now in Copenhagen, Denmark – Source: web site
    • Soliloquy In An International Cloister – BroLo – Location: Rome, Lazio – Source: web site
    • INACTIVE
      • An American Girl in Italy – "How does the blue mold get in Gorgonzola? Have you ever heard the rocks at Castiglioncello sing and why do writers always seek solace in Italy? Time for me to find the answers to these and see, if in doing so, I also find my home." – Sparrow (Lynda) – Location: Rome, Lazio
      • Another Am erican in Rome – "July 10 I'm flying to Rome and starting a new phase. I've got my trusty Italian passport (yeah dual citizenship!), I just need to find a job and a place to live.....let's see how easy that is!" – Jessica – Location: Rome, Lazio
      • Emelie in Rome – Emelie Healy – Location: Rome, Lazio
    • LISTS OF EXPAT BLOGS
      • Blog Italy, expat Italy – "Would you like to work, live, move to Italy? Or just to find out how is life in Italy? We've got much better than travel brochures, read blogs written by expatriates living in Italy!" – Source: Living in Italy section of expat blog – "Share your expat experience!" – "The living abroad website, by expats, for expats" – In English, French, Spanish
      • Blog Rome – "expat Rome" – Source: Living in Rome within Living in Italy section of expat blog – "Share your expat experience!"
  • MIXED: PHOTOS/ADS/POSTERS, ETC. WITH WORDS
  • PHOTO BLOGS
  • TRAVEL
BLOG ENTRIES
RELATED
MISCELLANEOUS
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For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for government jobs, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

That's it for Wednesday, 11 August 2010: mercoledì, 11 agosto 2010

Ciao, Ben

government jobs – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Quando a Roma vai, fa come vedrai."
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 June 2011)

© Benjamin H. Licodo, 2005 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Federal Job Qualifications and Eligibility

How do you know if you are qualified for a federal job? What level should you even begin to look for? After you have found the dream job, are you even eligible to apply?

Unfortunately, or fortunately, the federal government can only hire applicants based on their current level of education and experience. As you probably have noticed, most federal jobs are advertised, starting with a GS and a few numbers. The last two numbers in the GS-0132-09, are the grade level. Each GS grade has specific education and/or experience requirements regulated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). You can click on http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp to reach the complete index of the “qualification standards,” which most federal agencies are required to use. You must know the job series, which is the set of four numbers on the Series & Grade line of the vacancy announcement to look up a specific position. For example, in GS-0132-09/09 you will need to click on the 0100 group, followed by 0132.

Most people with a bachelor’s degree and little to no experience enter the federal system at the GS-05 level. GS-05 level positions require three years of general experience OR a bachelor’s degree. If you are applying to be an engineer or a scientist, there may be required coursework or majors. After the GS-05 level, the qualifications requirements change for assistant, support and clerical positions. The following will be only related to professional, scientific, administrative and management positions. For example, a Management Analyst would gather and analyze data and statistics, coordinate with various high-level officials and perform work without close supervision. A Management Assistant may assist with the above duties, while performing office support work and doing basic research for their organizations. To determine if a specific series is covered by the following, please click on the following link: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp#OCCUPATIONS.



With a Bachelor’s degree and an outstanding academic record, you could qualify for the GS-07 level, skipping the GS-05 altogether after undergrad, if you meet the definition of “Superior Academic Achievement.” Superior Academic Achievement requires a 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA or 3.5/4.0 major GPA. There are additional alternatives for determining eligibility on the hyperlink. If you do not meet these cut-offs, you can still qualify for the GS-07 with one year of specialized experience directly related to the position or one year of graduate school. All grade levels after the GS-05 level include the option for qualifying based on specialized experience and after GS-11, you cannot use education as a substitute for direct specialized experience.

What exactly is “one year of specialized experience”? It is often difficult to glean from the vacancy announcement. Generally speaking the experience would have to come from a similar position or where you performed a lower level of the duties in another environment. If the duties ask the incumbent to perform independent analysis of budget information, then one year of specialized experience could be budget analysis performed with direct guidance from a supervisor. Unless education is an acceptable substitute, agencies cannot hire you on the potential to perform successfully. Many agencies will hire “developmental” positions, where new hires can start with just a degree and no experience and be promoted into the higher grades in the same field.

The GS-09 level requires one year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level or private sector equivalent OR completion of two years of graduate school leading to a degree (includes JD and LLB). The GS-11 level requires one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent OR 3 years of graduate school leading to a degree (including PhD and LLM). After the GS-11 level, there are no educational substitutes and you must have qualifying experience at the next lower grade level. After this point, the positions progress one grade at a time, GS-11 to GS-12 to GS-13, etc.

ELIGIBILITY

Some jobs posted on USAJobs only accept applications from “status applicants.” If you are in the advanced search window, you will see this box. These five bullet points sum up the people that can apply to positions only open to status candidates. If you have already completed a search and are looking at a list of positions that met your criteria, in the upper left hand corner there is a column that starts with “Current Search.” Here you can see that I have clicked jobs that are only open to Public candidates, which is everyone else that doesn’t mean the criteria above. Unfortunately, there are many more jobs open to status candidates that you will be unable to apply for. There are a variety of reasons why an agency might recruit for status candidates, but I will not get into those here.

If you are confused about your eligibility, there are a few key things you can consider about yourself. If you think you may be one of these, you could be a status candidate.

 
1) Do you have a disability?

2) Have you recently completed Peace Corps or AmeriCorps service?

3) Have you served on active duty in the military?

4) Are you married to someone on active duty in the military?

5) Have you ever worked for the federal government in a non-temporary position? For example, summer student work would not qualify you.

Many of these categories should be fairly straightforward to answer.

For more information, feel free to email me at brownea2 at uw dot edu.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Info on webcams in Abruzzo, Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 13 December 2010)

Here are some links for webcams in Abruzzo, Italy:

WEBCAMS IN ABRUZZO
  • LISTS OF WEBCAMS ACROSS THE REGION OF ABRUZZO
    • Abruzzo – "A collection of the most interesting webcams in Abruzzo, Italy - Watch Abruzzo in Italy live: A perfect way to prepare your trip or holidays in Abruzzo or Italy." – Source: Webcam Galore – In English, German, Italian
    • Webcams Abruzzo – In Italian Only – Source: Viagginrete – "il portale dei tuoi viaggi"
    • Webcams in Abruzzen – In German Only – Source: italien.de – In German, Italian
MISCELLANEOUS* = Blog entry has been updated.

For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for government jobs, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

That's it for Wednesday, 4 August 2010: mercoledì, 4 agosto 2010

Ciao, Ben

government jobs – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb from the region of Abruzzo, author unknown.
"Le fijie maschie e' lu crepacore de la mame, quille femmene e lu crepacore de lu padre."
"Male children are endearing to their mothers; female children, to their fathers."

When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 13 December 2010)

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