From SSA. titled “Thinking of Retiring? Some Things to Consider”. Best options, Avoiding medicare penalty, etc.. Downloaded this Sept 2016.
Category: PSA Stuff
Tidbits of good to know info from OPM site, VA, work/job/career related announcements and info, work announcements that are good for (cleaned up) public knowledge like cybersecurity warnings, things like that..
Higher Social Security Benefits for Veterans
Just what the subj line says. i GOTTA Make sure not to overlook this come time to file for social security….
Here’s another one.
VA claim percentage
This is something others may find interesting or more so, have wanted to know for a while. I came across a discussion forum while searching for VA related stuff. I had always wondered how my claim award was decided.
Computing VA claim award Percentages
1) Take the highest single rating, in your case 30%, that’s your starting point
2) Subtract that (30%) from 100%, so now you have 70% left
3) Multiply your next highest %, which is 10% and multiply by the 70%, which comes to 7%.…
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Mistakes in Federal Resumes
I found this article on military.com and, having been getting much experience in this arena of submitting federal resumes on USAJOBS, thought this may be interesting to anybody doing the same or those who have done so and can’t get past initial HR screening/qualification. Also.. for my own reference if/when I apply for other positions.…
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