Form not filtering results

I'm creating 2 filtering drop downs and I can't figure out why my code isn't filtering the results on the page.  Please help...

Here's the code.

<cfparam name="form.personnel" default="">

<cfparam name="form.status" default="">

<cfquery name="q" datasource="#dsn#">

     SELECT *

     FROM table

     WHERE 1=1

          <cfif val(form.personnel) GT 0>

               AND Sector = <cfqueryparam value="#form.personnel#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">

          </cfif>

          <cfif val(form.status) GT 0>

               AND reqStatus = <cfqueryparam value="#form.status#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">

          </cfif>

</cfquery>

<form method="post" action="">

     <select name="personnel">

               <option></option>

     </select>

     <select name="status">

               <option></option>

     </select>

     <input type="submit" />

</form>

<cfoutput query="q">

     #sector# || #reqstatus#

</cfoutput>