Talk:General Schedule

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The article General_schedule is much more expansive in terms of content than this article, however, General_schedule should be merged into this article as this article bears what should be the proper name of the article.Cvieg 17:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Someone-in-the-know, please add cite.php capability to this page. Might help the referencing problem. Until then I will just manually add my citation to the references section. Juxtapos99 06:23, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prior Military Service

I'll check periodically to see what people say about this. Does having prior military service count toward a higher starting step on the GS pay scale? (i.e having 5 years of military service in Intelligence....instead of starting out as a GS9 Step1 or GS10 Step1, you could start out as a GS9 Step4 or GS10 Step 4)

Not that I've ever noticed. However, it can help qualify you for a position in lieu of or in addition to college. (Ever read a Government job announcement? According to many of them, a PhD is required to qualify for a GS-9 position! I got a GS-10 with an AA and 11 years in the Army.) The hiring authority is allowed to start you off at better than Step 1, but they have to justify it with Personnel. I'd imagine prior Mil service would be an acceptable justification, but it's not usual in my limited experience. Dan 139.139.67.70 14:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

When I requested a Step increase Civilian Personnel said that I would have to provide 3 pay statements showing that I made more money than the step they wanted to put me at. They also said that Military Leave and Earnings Statements were not acceptable. I was able to negotiate my annual leave based on superior qualification. Instead of receiving 4 hours per pay period I got 6.