Ex-Fed becomes a Contractor
I have been retired since April of 2004 and I totally love retirement. I recommend retirement for anyone who can do it. I also need to keep my mind active and reading books was not doing that for me. I posted a resume on Monster.com for the heck of it just to see if I would get any calls. Yes, I did get calls! I got quite a few calls from companies who place retired Federal employees with special skills. Position classification is one of those special skills that is in demand due to lack of foresight by most Federal agencies in training new employees.I interviewed at two different companies, was offered positions as a HR contractor with each but I turned them down because they wanted a year of committment. I do not want to work straight for a year. My time is for me and I want to do fun things like my butterfly tours in warm weather. It may sound crazy but retirement time is not for working if you do not want to work.
I received another phone call from still another temporary agency. They were looking for a retired HR Specialist who knew position classification for a 2 or 3 month assignment at a Federal agency downtown DC. I asked their rate of pay, was told $25 per hour and I said I was not interested. A week later, they called back and doubled their offer and I accepted.
The staff in the HR office at the New Agency is very nice to work around. The HR Director is a knowledgable woman and has her ideas of how the office should be run. I totally agree with her. There is a classification backlog due to the fact the HR Specialists know very little about classification even though it is basic stuff. There is a new Classification Team Leader who came on board a week after I did and she is setting about to goose up the classification program at the New Agency. They need it! It is going to be a good 2 or 3 months and gives me a very good feeling to be appreciated and well-paid.
I did enjoy going back to the Agency and telling Jimbo that I was now a government contractor. He should take my advice and retire and take a contracting job. It is a great invention!
posted by Ex-Fed @ 10:35 PM
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