What’s the easiest way to move over from federal consulting to a federal job that is of equal or higher rank?

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Join the army?

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Assuming you don't have veterans preference, easiest would probably be for your current client to hire you to continue doing the same job through a special (e.g. acquisitions) or emergency (e.g. Covid, opioids) hiring authority.

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