From the FAA Employees website (Your Two Cents):
"Jim Trinka, director of ATO's technical training and development, responds: CTI graduates have a huge advantage. If they complete their program, get recommended to us by their school, and pass the AT-SAT test, they can apply under our CTI graduate job announcement. Over the past five years, we've hired 75 percent of all CTI graduates, and the rate is even higher the past couple of years. If you apply under the general public announcement, your application is literally one among thousands, and the hiring rate is in the neighborhood of 2 to 5 percent. The selection panels usually grab the former military packages first, the CTI grads next, and then finally, the general public. Believe me, a CTI graduation ticket is a huge leg up over the average general-public candidate. And we always do our best to put the right people in the right place at the right time.] "
Edit: Maybe this post belongs in the "Application Process" sub-forum.
"Jim Trinka, director of ATO's technical training and development, responds: CTI graduates have a huge advantage. If they complete their program, get recommended to us by their school, and pass the AT-SAT test, they can apply under our CTI graduate job announcement. Over the past five years, we've hired 75 percent of all CTI graduates, and the rate is even higher the past couple of years. If you apply under the general public announcement, your application is literally one among thousands, and the hiring rate is in the neighborhood of 2 to 5 percent. The selection panels usually grab the former military packages first, the CTI grads next, and then finally, the general public. Believe me, a CTI graduation ticket is a huge leg up over the average general-public candidate. And we always do our best to put the right people in the right place at the right time.] "
Edit: Maybe this post belongs in the "Application Process" sub-forum.