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Mothers returning to work should get the same ‘service’ considerations that military veterans get

Beltalowda 4y ago
What kind of things do military veterans get? I'm dimly aware something exists in the US, but I'm not from the US so not sure what that is exactly.
- the__alchemist 4y ago
  Fast-track into (US) Federal Gov jobs and contracts.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > What kind of things do military veterans get? Preference for all public-sector jobs (not just federal, but I think all fifty states give some forms of veterans preference, and a handful give “absolute preference” where a minimally-qualified veteran must be hired over a non-veteran regardless of qualifications.) But even where its not absolute preference, it often is a very strong preference (e.g., California on open civil service exams typically limits hiring to the top 3 ranks on the resulting hiring list, with each rank being 5 points of exam score on a 100-point, before preference points, scale. Veterans get 10 extra points, or 15 if they have a qualifying degree of disability.)
FollowingTheDao 4y ago
- dang 4y ago
  Whoa - posting like this will get you banned here, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. I respect the family tragedy you're referring to, but it deserves better than this. The community does also. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
  - FollowingTheDao 4y ago
Noumenon72 4y ago
I could see this incentivizing someone to have a baby solely to get a boost on their applications, which I suppose is what you want. But it shouldn't be as big a boost as serving active duty in a war. I wonder how much of a boost the zero-point preference from https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-preference/ https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-p... would add? It doesn't add to your application score, but it counts as a tiebreaker between people with the same score.

What kind of things do military veterans get? I'm dimly aware something exists in the US, but I'm not from the US so not sure what that is exactly.

the__alchemist 4y ago
Fast-track into (US) Federal Gov jobs and contracts.
dragonwriter 4y ago
> What kind of things do military veterans get? Preference for all public-sector jobs (not just federal, but I think all fifty states give some forms of veterans preference, and a handful give “absolute preference” where a minimally-qualified veteran must be hired over a non-veteran regardless of qualifications.) But even where its not absolute preference, it often is a very strong preference (e.g., California on open civil service exams typically limits hiring to the top 3 ranks on the resulting hiring list, with each rank being 5 points of exam score on a 100-point, before preference points, scale. Veterans get 10 extra points, or 15 if they have a qualifying degree of disability.)

FollowingTheDao 4y ago

dang 4y ago
Whoa - posting like this will get you banned here, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. I respect the family tragedy you're referring to, but it deserves better than this. The community does also. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- FollowingTheDao 4y ago

Noumenon72 4y ago

I could see this incentivizing someone to have a baby solely to get a boost on their applications, which I suppose is what you want. But it shouldn't be as big a boost as serving active duty in a war. I wonder how much of a boost the zero-point preference from https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-preference/ https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-p... would add? It doesn't add to your application score, but it counts as a tiebreaker between people with the same score.