Am I the only one who thinks that some hirings in the federal government are "rigged" by the hiring officials to hire someone they prefer??

MSG (Join to see) You are correct about the civilian world as well. See them hiring their kids, kids friends.. best buddies on and on.. Then how am I suppose to "manage" these people when daddy is the boss or fishing buddy. Solution was to move on.. Had a daughter that would leave in the middle of meeting to walk, feed and play with her dog for 2 - 3 hours... then ask me if I could stay late to help her write proposals for contracts. Sigh...

By "rigged" it meant that in most cases selection officials coach a particular applicant into "creating" the resume with "inside information" that would put the applicant in the "best qualified" status and it will be just a matter of selecting the individual over any other other of the best qualified. They dont have to justify their selection afterward.

I've certainly seen evidence of this happening. But usually this type of thing gets you past the cert, and maybe higher in the pile. But in the end, it is up to the Hiring Authority to make the call. I'm not sure if this is avoidable. Something that I hear all the time from my civilian counterparts is that unless you have prior military service, it is almost impossible to get hired into civil service today. The 5, 10, and 15 point preferences for vets pretty much fill up all of the buckets before any civilians get a chance. As a vet I benefited from that, but I don't know if its a good thing. Civil Service is very different from military service, and you need all kinds of different backgrounds and experiences.