merlin436
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Last Activity: 05-26-2020, 10:11 PM
Joined: 03-29-2005
Location: North America
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If you're looking for creature comforts and ease of life/work...go seaports and airports. Most seaports and airports are "mostly" attached to cities...and cities have the amenities, the jobs for spouses, the exposure to opportunities for kids that most land border locations simply lack. In... -
One set of my grandparents were immigrants. Much of CBP has a personal reference to immigration...especially those working land border ports. Most border communities have been inextricably interconnected, both north and south, especially under the lights of historical perspective.
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Yep...since July of 2008. -
There's also only around 2400 CBPASs vs 24,000 CBPOs and CBPASs are stationed in about half of the locations that CBPOs are...so the ultimate hiring chances and job flexibility is less for the Aggies. -
Honestly, I don't know.
I imagine that there's a fair amount of similarity due to the closeness of the two positions and the fact that it's pretty much the same people doing much of the hiring process. The fitness requirements largely disappear for CBPASs. The basic qualification vetting... -
You could just ask your question...instead of bobbing around on the peripherals of asking your question...then we could move on from there.
What specifically can I help you with? -
When it comes to retention and recruitment, I've never noticed the agency all that concerned about losing people or making efforts at accommodating. -
Proportionally, the BP has far more management than OFO has. Since it's easier to promote there, it stands to reason that some will promote up...and then jump to OFO for a better location. Although, they probably end up losing money...depending on their port. -
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@raptor170
Land border ports are pretty much running more or less as usual...at least as far as cargo goes. Passenger traffic is down at least 90%. People are working as usual...but, depending on circumstances, working may mean a whole lot of busy work and down time. -
Sort of like how my Canadian friends say their p!ssed when they're drunk...but south of the Medicine Line being p!ssed means very upset. -
Bermuda...albeit with greater restrictions.
US immigration law favors Canadians...especially if you look at it from the stance of historical perspective. -
Actually, Canadians typically enter as B classification applicants and are admitted for 6 months...usually. -
In agreement. I was speaking of actual staffing levels...not hiring trends.
Hiring-wise, one can count on OFO hiring trends to overly represent those on the southern border...as well as northern border, remote, isolated, less significant ports. -
@sheridan1
The polygraph is mandated by federal law. Good luck getting Congress to back the removal of it. -
Create a position that basically mirrors the CBP Tech position and hire all new CBPOs from the pool of "CBP Techs". That would ensure that new CBPOs would be well versed with the agency and their port and give the agency a sort of a taste of "new" hires before they are hired as CBP... -
Recruit and hire people locally. That way the agency doesn't waste time and effort to hire people who, from day one, are just looking for way out of their port and, if they don't end up finding a way to relocate in a reasonable length of time, simply up and quit forcing the agency to restart the vicious... -
That's the first I have heard about shotguns being phased out.
God, I hope that decision gets walked back.
The shotgun is a far more appropriate platform for OFO...all things considered. It's easier to learn. It's also far more effective at the typical close-in distances that... -
@V_AntCBP,
There is policy limiting the use and. carriage of personal cell phones at work and-or on duty.
All new hires and probationary employees would be wise to always stay within the lines. -
No one should ever choose a location inside OFO with the expectation of a quick or easy move. One should expect to spend years to forever in their original choice locations.
Yes, some people manage to move and some manage those moves rather early in their careers...but the key word is some....
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