Most of you have probably seen the front page news about the hiring scandals in the justice department. (Pinned mostly on poor little Gonzalez aide Monica Goodling, who got her JD at Pat Robertson's school o' law...I'm actually not kidding- it was founded by the environmental savior himself.)
What you probably don't know is that a few months ago I applied for a paralegal position with the justice department in the civil rights division. Unsurprisingly, I never heard from them- until this week, when I got a letter from a Human Resources staff member informing me that "due to an unforseen [sic] complication" the job I applied for would be reposted, and anyone who wanted to get the job would need to resubmit their application.
What's interesting is how different the new application is. Last time I applied all I needed to submit was a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample- this time, they've got a whole ton of questions for me (over 80). You can see the whole list on the job posting.
I have no reason to think that this particular search was conducted in an illegal (or even questionable manner). And, of course, I have no reason to think that I was somehow gleaned because of my liberal tendencies, because a) they had no reason to think that I was liberal (unless a Haverford degree counts against someone) and b) who the hell cares about paralegals?
However, I do wonder if the change in application procedure is on account of some heat inside the department. As in, "We had darn better have enough information from all our applicants so that we can always demonstrate legitimate reasons why they were turned down..." That wouldn't be too surprising to me.
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