Easy Come, Easy Go

Well, my goal to move up in the organization has come to an abrupt end. I applied for the Wing Commander's secretary position a couple of weeks ago and I just received an automated message via email indicating that I'm not qualified. For a secretary position. Awesome. The reason I'm not qualified is because my current Squadron Commander's secretary position is rated as a G5. The Wing position is a G7. The requirements for the job indicate that you have to have held a G6 position for 52 weeks in order to qualify for this G7 position. I cannot believe how ridiculous the USA Jobs process is. I've been told by my boss, by the people I work with, by the Equal Opportunity director, by my bosses' boss, that I am greatly qualified for this position. In fact, several people have assumed that I will be selected. Oh well, I'm really happy with my job and it allows me a lot of flexibility and low stress. I'm going to be happy where I'm at for the last year and a half of my time here and forget about this one small goal which was not reached. I've got lots more to work on and many more goals to reach.