Good News for ALJ Candidates

Good News for ALJ CandidatesGood News for ALJ CandidatesGood News for ALJ Candidates Good News for ALJ CandidatesYou are Ready for the New ALJ Application Procedures Whatever They May BeNicole Schultheis, J.D. Senior ALJ Consultant, Writer and AuthorJuly 16, 2018Attention Administrative Law Judge candidatesMany of you have received our book, ALJ Writing Guide, attended our webinars, or purchased consulting or editorial services in support of your candidacy as an ALJ. Despite the pending elimination of OPMs ALJ Register, all of these resources will likewise support your ongoing and future efforts to attain an ALJ position with the Social Security Administration or other agency. Your favorable status in the OPM review process could facilitate a positive review of your credentials for one of the new Schedule E Excepted tafelgeschirr ALJ openings posted by one or more agencies however, if you failed to meet or adequately document 7+ years of qualifying experience in hopes of taking the A LJ exam, or, failed to pass any part of the ALJ exam, this is no longer an automatic disqualifier. Per Executive Order No. 13843, 83 Fed. Reg. 32755 (July 10, 2018) and concomitant guidance from OPM, there is no longer an exam or an automatic tiefpunkt number of years experience required. The minimum is good standing or active status with the bar on top of that, each agency may prescribe its own additional qualification requirements, but this part has yet to be decided by any agency.SSA will be posting an ALJ announcement very soon, we believe, but its exact requirements have yet to be determined. Nevertheless, if you have yet to prepare or update your resume, targeting a specific ALJ role, now is the time to do it.There have already been numerous articles and op-eds written about the July 10 Executive Order, some of which are misinformed. Much is cleared up by OPMs July 10 Memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies by OPM Director Dr. Jeff T.H. Pon. Director Pon makes it clear that ALJs will elend become at will employees but retain the protections afforded by the good cause removal provisions of 5 USC 7521. He further statesOPM will promulgate proposed regulations to address any provisions in the regulations, including those at 5 CFR part 930 and others identified in Section 3(b)(i) of the EO, that are inconsistent with service in the excepted service or use language that is generally inapplicable to the excepted service (e.g., references to the concepts of probation or suitability).Although many favor simplified ALJ hiring, or view this transition as inevitable, given the Supreme Courts decision in Lucia et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, not everyone is happy. For example, NOSSCR Executive Director Barbara Silverstone urges President Trump to rescind this damaging and unnecessary orderAt a time when over 900,000 people are waiting an average of more than 600 days for ALJs to rule on their claims for disability benefits-with mo re than 10,000 dying last year while awaiting a decision-actions that slow down and complicate ALJ hiring are harmful to Americans who need disability benefits to maintain their housing, put food on their tables, and obtain crucial medical treatments.Still, the new order is likely good news for those seeking ALJ appointments. What it means, however, is that having a strong, fully-developed federal style resume is more important than ever. Your credentials and capabilities will no longer be vetted primarily by an exam, but by your resume. Contact us here to discuss available resume support.Latest Developments7/12 NOSSCR Statement of NOSSCR Executive Director Barbara Silverstone Concerning Executive Order Changing Hiring of Administrative Law Judges 7/11 ABA Journal Trump tosses hiring process for administrative law judges, gives agency chiefs selection power7/11 FedSmith ALJs Excepted from Competitive Service7/11 GovExec.com Democrats, Advocacy Groups Pan Order Moving Administrative Judges Out of Competitive Service7/10 OPM Memo to CHCOC 7/10 Executive Order Exec. Ord. No. 13,843, 83 Fed. Reg. 32,755 (July 10, 2018) Excepting ALJs from the Competitive Service Article author Nicole SchultheisSince 2010, Maryland attorney Nicole Schultheis has supported candidates seeking to become Administrative Law Judges, Immigration Judges, Administrative Judges, and Administrative Patent Judges. She has taught resume writing to aspiring legal candidates and others at numerous Federal agencies, successfully helping those seeking executive leadership roles at the Department of Justice and its components, as well as agencies across the Executive Branch. For more than 25 years, Nicole led her own law firm in Baltimore, Maryland before her focus shifted to teaching, writing, and professional mentorship.The Resume Place coaches, instructs, reviews and provides consulting, writing and editorial services for aspiring SES members who are writing their ECQs. RP teaches ECQ Writi ng in many government agencies, especially for Leadership Development Programs. Our book, The New SES Application, gives examples, definitions and insight for writing the ECQs. Nicole Schultheis is our lead SES writer with many years of expertise writing successful ECQs on behalf of applicants and agency selectees across government.The ALJ Writing Guide includes samples of attorney federal resumes definitions of the 13 ALJ Core Competencies (which are useful for any attorney federal resume) example of the narratives for the former ALJ application (Litigation and Administration) and a great example of a Case List. All of this information is helpful for writing an Attorney-Advisor or US States Attorney, or Immigration Judge Federal Resume.Purchase a portable document format download or Print Book, $49.95Attorney Federal Resume Samples, Legal Competency Definitions, Case List, Samples of Narratives.ALJ Writing Guide (also works for IJ and other attorney federal resume applications.

5 mindsets of resilient people

5 mindsets of resilient people5 mindsets of resilient peopleWhen I interviewed with the FBI, I was asked why I wanted to become an agent. I answered, I want to make the best, better. Apparently my interview panel liked that answer because 6 months later I was in the FBI Academy.

Inspirational Quotes for Business about Recognition

Inspirational Quotes for Business about RecognitionInspirational Quotes for Business about RecognitionNeed an inspirational quote for your newsletter, business presentation, company website, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These quotes about reward and recognition are useful to help employee motivation and inspiration. They encourage employees to do their best work, take thoughtful risks, and express empowerment in their everyday jobs. They encourage employees to stretch, set new challenges and maximize their ability to contribute. These quotes about rewards, recognition and helping employees feel important will help you create success in your organization Quotations About Rewards and Recognition Dont worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Abraham Lincoln In the arena of menschlich life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. Aristotle There are two things people want more than sex and money reco gnition and praise. Mary Kay Ash People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition. Bob Nelson Work is not a mans punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. George Sand To live and let live, without clamor for distinction or recognition . . . to write truth first on the tablet of ones own heart - this is the sanity and perfection of living, and my human ideal. Mary Baker Eddy The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves. Susan RoAne It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesnt, and when it does, we may well reject it. Spencer Tracy People work for money nut go the extra mile for recognition, praise, and rewards. Dale Carnegie What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition - William James We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. Earl Nightingale The measure of a conversation is how much mutual recognition there is in it how much shared there is in it. If youre talking about whats in your own head, or without thought to what people looking and listening will feel, you might as well be in a room talking to yourself. Dylan Mora Research indicates that employees have three prime needs Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company. Zig Ziglar Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. Theodore Roosevelt Today many American corporations spend a great deal of money and time trying to increase the originality of their employees, hoping thereby to get a competitive edge in the marketplace. But such programs make no difference unless management also learns to recognize the valuable ideas among the many novel ones, and then finds ways of implementing them. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Dont work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Ah, beware of snobbery it is the unwelcome recognition of ones own past failings. Cary Grant Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to landsee anything in us that we dont see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself. Marianne Williamson Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you cant miss. Lee Iacocca To find the universal elements enough to find the air and the water exhilarating to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter to be thrill ed by the stars at night to be elated over a birds nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. John Burroughs Recognition is the greatest motivator. Gerald C. Eakerdale It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. Dee Hock