Hiring Exemption post shutdown?

[runed_golem]

Has anybody gotten their hiring exemption approved after the shutdown? I graduated back in August and started the hiring process. I was told prior to the shutdown starting that they were waiting on the hiring exemption. In October I was told the exemptions weren’t being processed during the shut shutdown and now everyone I talk to just says “we’re waiting on an exemption and we don’t know how long it’ll be.” IDK what to do at this point. I’ve gotten a couple of job opportunities that have come up, but if so get the job with my SF before my 6 months ends I’d rather take it (it’ll pay more than the other opportunities that have come along and the extra money right now would be nice).

[ArmyArmyArmy]

I posted this a while ago, but the short answer is my SF is trying a work around.

Previous post:
My SF has had trouble onboarding one of our Phase 2 PhDs. SMART granted two 6mo extensions of the stipend to try to help (extremely generous). Now that the shutdown is over, the SF (still under a hiring freeze) is signing a memorandum of understanding with the Army Fellow Program (no hiring freeze) in order to hire this PhD. My SF will also now convert all following Phase 2 SMART scholars to Army Fellows before offering fulltime roles at the end of the fellowships. Has anyone else been through something like this?

[runed_golem]

That is interesting and I’d like to see how it turns out. I’ll try to see if there’s anything that can be done to sidestep things. I have an interview with a local community college in a week or so, but I’d rather have the job with my SF.