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[Recession]

I think the president is trying to increase the budget for Border Patrol for his new budget plan for this year. I can only hope so because I wanna get hire!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/...dget.homeland/

Sigh... more promises. Whatever happened to the money Bush promised BP to hire 10,000 more agents?

[2patchHero]

Sigh... more promises. Whatever happened to the money Bush promised BP to hire 10,000 more agents?

That did happen, There are over 20,000 Agents in The Patrol now.

[Recession]

That did happen, There are over 20,000 Agents in The Patrol now.

Ah ok, I stand corrected. I overheard a supervisory agent say something about how the bill got approved and the money promised but they never received it and that was the reason for the hiring freeze that is currently going on right now.

[Alaric]

There's been some interesting developments in the past two days for those of us in the hiring process:

1. The email from DHS that says the abolition of FCIP won't affect our hiring status. Huge relief there.

2. There's a new budget proposal put forward by the Obama administration to change the overtime pay plan for agents. It would reduce OT pay by about $110 million. Not good. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan.../D9LEJ5600.htm

[Alaric]

Ah ok, I stand corrected. I overheard a supervisory agent say something about how the bill got approved and the money promised but they never received it and that was the reason for the hiring freeze that is currently going on right now.

There is no hiring freeze. There are tens of thousands of candidates in the pre-hiring process right now. Academy classes are still going on and new agents are still being cranked out.

What they've done is removed the hiring announcements from USAJobs and stopped accepting new applicants for now. Word on the street is that a new hiring announcement will be made sometime in March or later.

[Recession]

There is no hiring freeze. There are tens of thousands of candidates in the pre-hiring process right now. Academy classes are still going on and new agents are still being cranked out.

What they've done is removed the hiring announcements from USAJobs and stopped accepting new applicants for now. Word on the street is that a new hiring announcement will be made sometime in March or later.

Than what's the explanation behind people not getting called in for their drug/medical after almost 4 months after their Oral Board? On honorfirst.com they are saying that since BP uses third party clinics, they are lacking the money to pay them to do the testing for the time being.

[C.W.M.V.]

That's what happens when the system is overwhelmed and underfunded.

[Cpl. Haas]

It's not that there's a hiring freeze per se...

Currently, the Minneapolis Hiring Center is operating under a continuing budget resolution. Because of that, they don't have the budget to contract out medical/fitness exams. The oral boards are run in-house and staffed by BP Agents, so that is continuing... as is the background investigation. BP is still actively hiring though, and those in TSU have been receiving their calls to EOD almost daily.

As it stands, applicants who have tested are receiving their TOs... getting scheduled for their OBs... and getting called to take the whizz quiz, poly, and meet with their BI. The applicants who are frozen for the moment are those who passed their OB, but are waiting on the Med/PFT1... and those who have had their BI sent to IA for review.

[Alaric]

Than what's the explanation behind people not getting called in for their drug/medical after almost 4 months after their Oral Board? On honorfirst.com they are saying that since BP uses third party clinics, they are lacking the money to pay them to do the testing for the time being.

I was called in for my drug test two weeks ago.

I passed my oral board about 4 months ago.

Things are moving, if slowly.

[HisOwnHero]

Than what's the explanation behind people not getting called in for their drug/medical after almost 4 months after their Oral Board? On honorfirst.com they are saying that since BP uses third party clinics, they are lacking the money to pay them to do the testing for the time being.

The explanation is that there are already thousands that have completed many if not all steps of the hiring process and are waiting for academy dates. There are more people already through the hiring process waiting to for "the call" then there are openings. Due to this, DHS has slowed down on putting those only partially through the hiring process any further along since there really is no need. When I got hired, it was two years from the time I applied until the day I got off the bus at the academy. Now, that time line is getting longer and longer as there are less open slots to fill and more people that are already through the hiring process and just waiting for "the call"

[BoJackUSMC]

As for me two years does not sound too bad since I am only a junior in college right now. I just hope I get hire at the end. All we can do it "hurry up and wait."

[BoJackUSMC]

As for me two years does not sound too bad since I am only a junior in college right now. I just hope I get hire at the end. All we can do it "hurry up and wait."

According to Honorfirst message board, Hiring Center is waiting for the budget to pass so they can continue with the hiring process. They think around mid March, the congress will vote for the budget.

[Cpl. Haas]

According to Honorfirst message board, Hiring Center is waiting for the budget to pass so they can continue with the hiring process. They think around mid March, the congress will vote for the budget.

Well... March 4th is when the current continuing resolution apparently expires, so they have to vote by then. Currently, there's talk of a possible government shutdown similar to what happened in '95.

[BoJackUSMC]

So I am guessing next month we will find out if Border Patrol will still hire or not?

[Recession]

Got called today to schedule for my Drug/Fitness/Med. Looks like Uncle Sam was able to spare some pocket change!