The Consolidated Head Staff's Guide to Federal Jobs New? Questions? Start Here

All right- here is everything over the past several months in one place. The key motto of Head Staff is "Remember Where You Are"- all Federal HR rules depend on knowing what system you are working under.

When I get around to it, I will try to do a post on excepted service.

Consolidated Links to Head Staff’s Guides

Head Staff’s Guide to Federal Jobs Introduction

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/w9ws0a/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 2- Open to the Public Competitive Hiring – Qualifications

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/wbgb06/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 2B Open to the Public Competitive Hiring – Grade and Qualifications (GS)

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/wenzv7/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_2b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 2C Open to the Public Competitive Hiring Grades and Qualifications (WG)

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/wranr3/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_2c_wage/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 2D Final Thoughts on Qualifications

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/wsy3cl/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part2d_final/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 3 Open to the Public Competitive Hiring Examination and Evaluation

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/x0h1jk/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 4A Veterans’ Preference

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/x2wit4/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_4a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 4B Miscellaneous Provisions Related to Veterans

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/x67791/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_4b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 5A Category Rating – You won’t believe this one weird trick

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/x7m3lh/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_job_5a_category/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 5B Category Rating and Passovers

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/xf22bj/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_5b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 6 Interviews

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/y2p5sz/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 7 Offers and Negotiations

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/yjt7kp/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_7_offers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 8 Entrance on Duty and First Days on the Job

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/yw6ki8/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_8_entrance/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 9 Historical Marker- The Rule of Three

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/z5sa57/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobshistorical/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 10A Merit Promotion – VEOA, Time in Grade, Area of Consideration

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/103pewq/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_merit_promotion/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Part 10B Merit Promotion- Ranking and Referral

https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/11nfc3k/head_staffs_guide_to_federal_jobs_part_10b_merit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

A Bump in the Road- We need to talk about time in grade -https://www.reddit.com/r/usajobs/comments/12090up/we_need_to_talk_about_time_in_grade/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3