Back to baby steps...

So being the pushy kind of guy that I am I invited myself down to visit them. Yesterday I drove down to get a tour and an hour or so of the guy who would be my branch manager's time. He would be my boss's boss. We discussed the workings of the federal pay system and a tour of the facility (including the cubicle that my future boss has already claimed for me). They have lots of expensive toys that our tax dollars have paid for. But not enough parking.

So now it is back to waiting for the machinery of government to get around to the next step(s). Sigh. I sure wish I was more patient.....but I am not.

...and if we aren't careful we will take a full step!!

I had my phone interview today. Of course, being the government they can't officially offer me the job, only HR can offer me the job. But, we spent nearly 45 minutes talking with him doing most of the talking explaining what they do and a little bit about how they are organised and asked if I had any questions. I asked a couple that I had written down ahead of time and got pretty much the answers that I had expected. Though the salary that he "proposed" isn't quite what I was hoping for it is sufficient. It said right in the job description that they would not pay any moving or relocation costs however we did discuss the possibility of a "signing bonus" that we could apply to the moving costs. It seems that moving costs come out of the HR budget while he thought that he might be able to get them to figure out how to get the signing bonus out of his department's budget. It is strange to contemplate taking a job when I have never seen the place....maybe I should have broached a "tour" as a possibility...

So now the ball is in HR's court and we wait until we hear from them. No rush, of course......arrgh.

...and another tiny step....

Well, I got confirmation today that I am having an official phone interview on Friday morning. Not the first (I have had a several others with recruiters and one for the contract position in Longmont that "went away") but this is the first with a hiring manager of permanent position.

I also learned that only one other person applied. Here is hoping that one other person isn't a disabled veteran :-)

Think positive thoughts for me on Friday!