Originally Posted by: Unknown User 
I just find it comical that I got picked up for a GS-11 Biologist job out of state, but for some reason another agency HR department thinks I am not qualified or lacks education for a GS-5 Biological Science Technician job in my home state. I would rather take a low paying job, than having to move elsewhere. I already know about the natural resource concerns in my hometown, so I wouldn't have to spend time learning about another state concerns.
One of the workers who used to work as a contractor, he has no veteran preference. He just drove our company vehicle, and slept in the office because he was homeless. Somehow he is qualified referred and gets hired, and hr tells me not qualified and lacks education.
I seen this many times, do you think its ethical for selecting official to give there friend a resume and tell them to change the name on it to get the job?
Sounds like you need a better resume if, as according to you, a homeless driver was able to be referred and hired while you were deemed not qualified. A note on the education piece...if you simply say you have a degree, you will find that you may not be referred. The education piece requires you tell us the specific courses related to the job. Can HR make mistakes? Absolutely. Do applicants leave out critical information? More often than HR making mistakes.
If I am hiring an Electrical Engineer, the first requirement is an Engineering degree. They also need classes in electrical engineering whether as part of their "Engineering Degree" or as additional courses taken after they got their degree.
The same is true in many other jobs where a degree is required. In others, simply having a degree in the general field is all that is needed. Others require the degree and specialized certification.
And then there are many jobs where experience or specialized training/certification is all that is needed (such as in my series, 0260).
In all the cases though, the resume has to spell it out for the HR person who doesn't know what the job requires beyond the OPM standards and what the selecting official has provided to them. If I am hiring a computer programmer to work with my legacy FORTRAN code base, and you don't have FORTRAN listed anywhere in your resume, you may not make it far in the process. If you put it in there and are lying, we will pick it up in the resume review (the context you use a skill set doesn't match up with what the experts think)or if you make it to the interview and can't articulate the skill set..then off to the discard pile.
Even if I know you had to have used a specific computer program (for example MS Word), if you don't say it in the resume, you don't get credit for it.
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