Considering applying to jobs as [dead name] (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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The political situation for trans people in the southern US has been devolving rapidly and I'm looking to move to a protected state. I'm going to start applying to jobs soon, and I've been considering whether I should apply as my dead self or not.

I haven't changed my legal name yet, so my job applications immediately out me as trans and even if it didn't I don't pass at all currently, so if I got an interview I'd be outed then. I've been reading about how hard it is to get a job as a trans woman and I'll need all the help I can get to get out of this shithole state.

It would kill me to have to go back into the closet for work, but the alternative is being potentially stuck in a place that will forcibly detransition me which is way worse.

Has anyone been in this situation or has any advice?

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

See if there are any decent government jobs in your area (USAJobs.gov). The bureaucracy is a major pain in the ass, but everything is quantified including your application / interview etc - your score will crunch against other candidates, and you get in on merit with pretty much zero consideration put into anything that isn't on the job posting, including being trans.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This ^

That being said, outside of the DC area, the majority of federal (not state) government jobs are going to be DoD or DoD adjacent (VA, DHA). Source: i am one of those.

The major benefits aren't as good as they used to be I'm told. Anyone joining post-2013 gets an instant 4.4% deducted off their salary for pension (FERS) compared to a less than 1% deduction for pre-2013, and 5% default deduction for thrift savings plan/TSP (401k equivalent). insurance is only mildly cheaper than elsewhere. Biggest benefit for tech is a solid 40 hour work week, no bullshit unpaid overtime and on-call is almost unheard of.

Dual leave accrual is pretty sweet (sick leave and annual leave accrue separately, and are separate pools to draw from). Any contractor DoD jobs are going to pay a lot more than their civilian counterpart, by a matter of several 10s of thousands more.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Another comment mentioned you're in tech: Any particular field, any certs you can list? I know some will get you head hunted pretty quickly (Sec+ and/or Net+ are in high demand in the DoD-IT world Edit: at least, for entry level. Experience goes further but those are bare minimums for a lot of stuff)

[-] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

(Sec+ and/or Net+ are in high demand in the DoD-IT world Edit: at least, for entry level. Experience goes further but those are bare minimums for a lot of stuff)

Those are minimums for 8570 compliance. They're in demand because you're required within 6 months of hire to have and regularly recertify for a cert at your required level.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Right! 8570, there's too many damn things known only by a 4 digit string of numbers.

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