How does the VA extend an offer?

cisneroj · Jul 16, 2016

I am not an employee yet. I have completed two interviews for two different VAMC. And I was given a tentative offer for both of them. One facility called me the HR department and then sent me the offer, the other just sent me an email with the offer. I accepted both of them to see who gives me the best final offer. I have completed all the paper work and back ground check, I am just waiting for the offers. I think the whole process so far took 3 months and that's from the interview.

2ndChance · Jul 16, 2016

Wow...I wasn't aware you could accept two offers. This is great info to have. Good luck with the rest of your process! I'd love to hear of your progress and how things are going. The timelines are stressful.

Thanks again,

EH

CMLPN08 · Jul 16, 2016

It took me from April for tenantive to June for final offer but they called and extended the offer and then sent me email with my offer letter.

cisneroj · Jul 17, 2016

yea I found out you could accept more then one tentative offer after I called the HR department from another VAMC. The HR rep told me you can start the process for many jobs but they should be in different VAMC. For me I applied to many in different states. HR told me each VAMC has their own board that determines your salary so all the final offers could have different pay and you just pick the one that you want.

Marshall1 · Jul 17, 2016

I applied in Nov, interviewed in Dec, found out I was the candidate selected in Jan and began the "on boarding" process, received the formal offer in Feb and started in March. This was for an outpatient based clinic, not a VA hospital. Most of the communication was email in my case.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jul 17, 2016

I got a phone call from the HR point of contact (who had been in some of my online MSN courses, ironically â€” we talked and discovered we'd even worked on a paper together! lol).