USAJOBS and TESU Transcript Issue

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You can only apply for a Pathways position if you are an actual recent grad. The federal government is going to want you to actually be enrolled and graduated, . So applying without these in anticipation of graduating won't work and they'll just not certify you and reject your application when they review it.

I went to an OPM sponsored "recruiters training" back in August at the Mark Center, in Virginia. I was told that you can apply for Pathways recent graduate prior to actually graduating and that graduating is defined as completing all requirements set by the school, and not actually walking across the stage or getting the paper.

I also talked to my own agency's HR department and they said that they would be releasing the PATHWAYS by October and you would need to have finished all requirements by February.

That being said I probably need to be enrolled and actually look like I am close to graduation. Can I say that it is super exciting being so close to the finish line. I have no idea what I will do with all this extra free time. Probably go and try and apply for masters programs / pad my resume

I am going to call TESU to ask a few questions in about an hour and I will post clarifying info once told.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/450795800/ if you look at this USA job posting

Even though the job posting itself ends today it states

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

Degree: Successful completion (or completion no later than December 2016) of a bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution and at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management. (The 24 semester hour requirement can be obtained within the bachelor's degree OR in addition to the degree.)


TESU said that the evaluations do not need to come in all at once but once you hit the 104 mark that it will be waived.

Now maybe I should get that in writing.