http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/ Foreign Service Specialist Careers Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:17:49 GMT Jeffrey Feldman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2450 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2450 Great news. Congratulations. Jeff Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:14:59 GMT Lorri Sweten http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2449 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2449 Congratulations!!! I just hope to be the first SCHEDULED for an OA in 2010! :o) However, the waiting does make checking voice mail MUCH more fun!!! Lorri Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:10:41 GMT yellow0flower http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2448 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2448 MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! I did it!! :-) There were two other specialists in the waiting room when I left. I hope to hear that they did just as well! Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:42:18 GMT Luke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2447 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2447 As a longtime subscriber and current specialist I can say that spam is a reoccuring problem but it always gets dealt with.  It is quite a nice service and Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:40:10 GMT fsowanabe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2446 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2446 Whichever works out first :) I think I would be happy doing either kind of work, and there is no future for IT in the states, so I am simultaneously pursuing Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:08:51 GMT strickjb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2445 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2445 Yes there is...and we do. The mods do a pretty good job at keeping the crap out for the 5-10 minutes per day each has for this board. fsowanabe...are you a Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:34:45 GMT fsowanabe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2442 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2442 I agree. Isn't there a moderator or someone who can ban people? Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:40:33 GMT Cliff Jeffery http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2441 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2441 I don't think you should have to change your settings not to receive emails. Most of the discussions are relevant and useful. This is a Foreign Service Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:10:08 GMT troy_snethen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2440 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2440 I would like to echo Eric's comments. My security was done at the beginning of Sept, but somehow my file was never recieved by HR (although DS told me the Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:53:51 GMT bscarroll@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2439 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2439 More evidence of the "it depends" universal answer I guess. HR was pretty upfront with me on my ranking, and even told me how many people they were looking to Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:04:18 GMT Eric Vogel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2438 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2438 I recommend contacting them to checking with them if your final suitability has been taking more than a week. In my case, for some reason, after I got my Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:47:11 GMT A http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2437 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2437 I just edited my membership to "web only" --- I believe that way you are still a member but don't receive an email every time there's a posting... You just go Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:18:13 GMT John Feagin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2426 Echoing what was already said,  Your training will be in the States and the length of that depends on where you are going and what you'll be doing.  After Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:48:17 GMT JB Strickland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2425 Figure all your training is in the DC area...then when you post overseas, your home leave counter starts ticking.  If you're at a hardship post, you have R&R Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:43:44 GMT JB Strickland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2424 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSSCareers/message/2424 You can count on paying it back...witnessed this first-hand about six months ago.  Second day into orientation a person decided it wasn't for them.  Some