Monday, January 17, 2011

I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good - Pearl Jam

I'm no longer expecting to get the call.

State is really cutting back on their hiring.  The upcoming budget fight has them scared.  At the current rate, they will hire half as many people as they did last fiscal year.  So far, they eliminated one of the proposed classes for the year, and for the last several classes, they have cut back on the number of people they hire from 95 to around 55.  For the March class, there were only five slots given to management candidates.  Management offers reached #8 on the list of more than 100.  I'm in the high 20's.

At this point, I expect to expire off the list in August.  There are just three more classes to be called before I expire.  Based on the way State was hiring over the last two years, I had thought all along that I'd get the call, but they keep moving the finish line, and now it seems out of reach.