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Originally Posted by cheswick
So from this one example it appears to me that yeah white males have a harder time getting jobs in the federal government than less skilled minority counterparts. Obviously I know that one particular example doesn't prove anything but I can see where the "myth" comes from. Anticdotal stories are often repeated often enough that a single case can seem like hundreds.
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I guess I was lucky then...
I was hired via office temp co. Drake Office Overload in the Fall of 1998.
They referred me to a position at Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada where I'd begin in June 7 1999 as a CR-03 (Data Entry) staff.
The name of the program over the years has gone from
AIDA > CFIP > CAIS > Agristability.
I've lasted almost 12 years there...
Started at about $29,000 ... and now my salary (before taxes) was about $41,000.
Not to shabby.
In those 12 years I moved apts., travelled to Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Chicago.
Done lots of stuff I wouldn't otherwise have done.
I like working with the office equipment and with some of the people, but its the others who were the problem... there are so many negative souls employed by the Feds, who can sometimes clash with those who are more positive like myself.
In 2009 Sask & BC took over control of administering the Agristability program, and so our department began a downsizing process.
Friday April 15th is my last day there.
I'm looking for some education upgrading in the I.T. field and am wondering where I can take a course that is NOT MCSE Microsoft. I'd prefer to Linux networking if I can find a job in this city that does that.