Internal Federal Job Postings

[Devlin]

Can a reservist apply to internal federal job postings. I noticed that I do have access to the internal website that holds all the internal job postings, can I as a Class A reservist apply for these positions?

If the answer is yes, any advice on how to position resumes and cover letters to stand out from other internal applicants? Does being a reservist help or hurt one's application to internally posted jobs?

TIA

 

[Horse_Soldier]

If you're talking about closed competitions in the Federal Public Service, the short answer is no.  Members of the CF are not eligible to apply in closed competitions.  The competition poster will tell you what the selection area is, and will be limited to employees of the Public Service.

 

[Devlin]

Are there any internal competitions that we reservists can apply to that a member of the general public would not be able to.

 

[Horse_Soldier]

No.  Being a reservists gives you d**k-all when it comes to the PS

 

[pronto]

The chances are very very slim that you will be able to apply. If you check the posters, you will see to whom the competition is open. usually there is a reference to "employees" of the Public Service. If you check the reference to employees it outlines who that is - usually just PS, sometimes, PS plus CRA, sometimes PS plus CRA and RCMP. Almost NEVER: PS, plus DND.

You need to keep an eye on the PSC's internet website (www.jobs.gc.ca) to see the "jobs open to the public" section.

Sorry

 

[TCBF]

This was 'glass ceiling' stuff from the old days.  Retiring military types - invariably men - had the qualifications, experience and personality to easily leave the military and out-compete the civ competitors - often women - for senior PS jobs. This meant a lot of female talent hit a 'glass ceiling' where they would get to the point where they could compete for a good slot, only to lose it to an ex-military type who slid accross over into her stream, where she was incapable of sliding over into his (former) one.  So, no more.

 

[Horse_Soldier]

This was 'glass ceiling' stuff from the old days.   Retiring military types - invariably men - had the qualifications, experience and personality to easily leave the military and out-compete the civ competitors - often women - for senior PS jobs. This meant a lot of female talent hit a 'glass ceiling' where they would get to the point where they could compete for a good slot, only to lose it to an ex-military type who slid accross over into her stream, where she was incapable of sliding over into his (former) one.   So, no more.

It had more to do with the PS unions objecting than anything else - they have no love for the military and anything that would give ex-military types a leg-up in the PS was wiped away.  At one time, miliitary service would count to determine leave entitlements in the PS, for example.  The union bargained that away quite specifically. 

 

[pronto]

This was 'glass ceiling' stuff from the old days.   Retiring military types - invariably men - had the qualifications, experience and personality to easily leave the military and out-compete the civ competitors - often women - for senior PS jobs. This meant a lot of female talent hit a 'glass ceiling' where they would get to the point where they could compete for a good slot, only to lose it to an ex-military type who slid accross over into her stream, where she was incapable of sliding over into his (former) one.   So, no more.

I am afraid I must repectfully disagree with you, the Glass Ceiling was something else entirely.

Unions had a great deal to do with it, agreed, but the military also got caught in a fight between the PSC and TBS. PSC wanted to maintain the merit principle, TBS wanted to bargain off the vacation rights, and other rights too.

Also - the Military is not "scheduled" the same way other PS departments and agencies are. (We could go into a long discussion on department of defense versus Canadian Armed Forces HQ, and then the amalgamation into the National Defence HeadQuarters, but let's not as I tend to get nauseus... )

Separately scheduled organisations (CRA is a great example) have their own bargaining units, their own procurement rules, and their own remuneration schemes. That is why they are scheduled differently. There are also rules on when you leave the PS and how long the "cooling off" period is. These are all things which can be bargained for. National Defence has not bargained for them on your behalf.

You can always leave the forces, and then get hired as a consultant to DND. Or go into the reserves and do a class "C" call-out, or retire, travel around for a year, and then apply to the Civvie side of DND, then compete for open-schedule positions.

But it really does not have to do with the Public Service wanting to keep all those well-qualified and dynamic ex-military types out of PS jobs 'cause we're so good we'd get them all if we tried. 

(although we could.)