DelcoMan t1_j51fqw1 wrote
Reply to comment by HeyZuesHChrist in In first act as governor, Josh Shapiro opens Pa. jobs to people without college degrees by OhmyMary
Part of your problem here isn't education, it's stuff like veterans preference.
A "perfect" score can have additional points on top of it for veterans, so some positions that attracted a lot of candidates would need you to have something like 110 points out of 100 before you had a realistic shot at getting called.
Back when I was still with the PA DOC we had an applicant list thousands of names long that were over the 100 point mark.
It may have changed since I left, but I doubt it.
HeyZuesHChrist t1_j52g3a5 wrote
Actually that’s what happened one time. I know a guy who worked where I applied. When I told him I didn’t even get an interview he said they had hired a veteran. Those are the only ones who can score above a 100 I think. The dude didn’t even make it through the probationary period before they let him go.
Meanwhile, and not to give too much personal info away but I had been doing the exact job I applied for for 13 years at the time. This was a couple of years ago. I was a contractor and I had been doing the job for 13 years but because I was a contractor I was doing it with both of my hands tied behind my back. The job was in the same agency. They wouldn’t even need to train me so they really missed out. I was literally the PERFECT candidate.
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