Received a card from a town that I had not listed as a community preference. I'm sure this has something to do with the SOARIS/MACS situation. Will my name be recycled back onto the state list if I don't take this card to the representative? The town is really of no interest to me right now. But of course, the job is.
Just curious to see how it works when someone DOESN'T sign. Does there name go back into the now statewide list? The work situation I'm in kind of matters enough for me to learn this knowledge. I am a full time military recruiter in Boston, but if I go through with this town — I have to resign a full time contract, and return to reserve status. It's a very big deal to my family and I.
Take the first job that's offered to you. It's always possible to get hired by your first choice later down the road, and police jobs are being thrown around like manhole covers these days. I did almost 6 years with another PD before I got hired by my first choice, and I don't regret a second of that time. I got the FT academy, a ton of experience, and started the pension clock ticking so I can bail out of this wretched profession at the soonest possible moment.
Aw 'cmon now Delta, why would you want to give up all this fun...at least we don't wear helmets and raincoats all the time...
I'm sitting at the table holding a two of spades and a six of hearts, guess I've got to play this one out
Excuse my ignorance as Im out of the Civil Service loop but is there a geographical area for people to receive cards or could someone from Braintree get a card for Pittsfield? I assume the 10 mile border to border rule is still in effect?
Regardless 10 or 15 miles. If the scenario I asked about above is plausible, its screwed up to force someone to take a job 100 miles from home and then force them to sell a house in this economy and move their family to comply with the proximity rule IMO.
When I took my last CS exam, I ran out of cities & towns that interested me close-by (everyone was automatically submitted to MBTA/MDC/Capitol back then), so I closed my eyes, pointed my finger, and hit #302, which was Winchendon. Until that list expired, even after I was already working at my current job, I constantly got cards from Winchendon, for (usually) reserve-intermittent positions, but also for a full-time position once in awhile. I had/have absolutely no interest in working in Winchendon, but they kept sending me cards. I assume I would have had to move to within the 15-mile CS blast zone, although I never asked.
that is a little different, but like Delta said sign up now and you start the pension clock and get the full time academy which will make transferring to Boston allot easier. they took kids from the surrounding suburbs from the last lateral list so if you can suck up a long commute for awhile it might pay off down the road. i did the Boston to Gardner commute for 6 months. took about 1 and 15 minutes going Rt. 2 all the way.
I don't think anyone is "forced" to take a job. If someone wants a job they're offered, they can take it or leave it. If it requires a move, and they don't want to move, they can simply decline the job offer. Depends on how badly they want the job. Sent from my wicked smaht DROID RAZR
"Forced" was the wrong word. What I was trying to get at was the OP might have very good reasons for not being able to accept the card from the town that was not on his/her preference list. No one wanted my current job more than I did and if I had taken the first card sent to me and then uprooted, I would have lost my residency on the next test for my dream job. Maybe it's a gamble but, depending on the circumstances, I wouldn't second guess the OP for exploring all options.
Haha, you're not doing much for this guy's confidence in taking the job! But I concur 100% with your advice.
Absolutely. I do a North Attleboro to Boston commute right now for Army National Guard Recruiting. I took the job after I was ommitted from getting on with NAPD. For a while I had put being a police officer on the back burner, but now that I received this card........ I'm not sure if I should or not. But after reading some insight on here. The job is the job, and there's always a chance to switch PDs in the future. Gotta start somewhere I guess.
I am hearing rumblings that NAPD will soon be giving up their Civil Service. Taking that in to account, unless you are pretty well connected within the town, take whatever you can get your hands on.
Amen! It won't look good for your BI to see your thoughts along with your picture. I grew up in the city and took some heat from my buddies when I got hired in a shit town that I used to get my foot in the door. It turned out to be a goldmine of training and experience fraught with the same clowns I dealt with in the city as a part-timer. Give it 100%, you'll be shocked when you see how many people are competing for that undesirable job. Only a fool would pass up an opportunity to wait to possibly fit the politically correct criteria for the big jobs.
