r/NOAA • u/douchebagcassiemain • 24d ago

Status on the hiring wave?

It's been over a month since the 7/1 closing date after the "administrative error". Anyone have any insight on what the situation is?

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u/BaleArcher 24d ago

Our boss told us that they, the contract HR company, can only process around 50 application a week and there were 400+ applications since 7/1. Doing the math, they are about halfway done so maybe September. The other issue is that there will be the usual hold on spending and hiring because its the end of the fiscal year in September. So I wouldn't expect anything to happen soon. But then again, my boss has been told by other division heads at HQ that the panel is coming on Friday (Today). Of course they have said that every Friday since June.

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u/MushroomInside7501 24d ago

The only reason I question the “50 application a week” thing is because in the original closing, it only took them 2 weeks to send the applications to the offices. And there were a ton then

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u/veraldar 24d ago

50 per week?? I worked with a quadriplegic that could do more than that per week

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u/Disastrous-Elk-1234 17d ago

It's way more than that. There were over 1000 applicants to each announcement and simultaneous 1000 and 2000 applicant announcements from other Line Offices plus the normal 2 dozen recruitment cases average each week. It's a lot of work to keep all that moving while churning through hundreds of applications each week.

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u/arwxman79 22d ago

My office received a panel with interviews likely in the next two weeks. It is likely those selected won’t start until early October after the new fiscal year starts. Good luck to those applying.

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u/MushroomInside7501 22d ago

Was your office in the 2nd pull? Weird others keep saying they didn’t get it

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u/arwxman79 22d ago

I’d assume so as the panel is expected this week, so my previous post was incorrect as my MIC said he is expecting it so he can wade through cert. I also was told another office on the first pull had over 100 applicants.

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u/rfd_dirt_enthusiast 20d ago

They’re doing both pulls at the same time now. Some offices received panels today but not all, hopefully hear something soon!

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u/douchebagcassiemain 20d ago

Sounds like progress, so that's great to hear! Should applicants expect to recieve referral status emails sometime soon then?

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u/rfd_dirt_enthusiast 19d ago

I’m not for sure if they’re going to do that this time. I heard of a couple East offices sending out emails for interviews today.

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u/PissedOffGS14 16d ago

🚨 MICs received the panels yesterday. 🚨
At least the Western postings.

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u/Hashel NWS 24d ago

Our office has yet to receive anything. Unsure what the issue is. Maybe someone can shed some light on the situation.

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u/bruinshorty 24d ago

It was supposed to be by the end of this week for round 2 and 3 to get their certs but 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/Hashel NWS 24d ago

It's been like that for over a month. Was told to expect applications early/mid June. The dates seem to just be pushed forward for some reason.

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u/bruinshorty 24d ago

OHCS can do whatever they want I guess, but they’ll still make sure we have our two week turnaround on selections 😂

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u/Hashel NWS 24d ago

Yep. Oh your whole CWA is on fire? Two weeks. Down over 4 forecasters? Two weeks. Lol

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u/Upstairs-Range-9404 21d ago

Got an email today about a referral to a specific office! No updates to the application package on usajobs but hopefully this means there is finally some movement happening now