Your steps to apply

Administrative Support Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Seattle, Washington · Closes in 2 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. The job is open to the public, and displaced federal employees eligible under CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL get priority over other applicants.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience (work that directly relates to this job) at least equal to GS-5. Examples include customer service, scheduling meetings, typing correspondence and maintaining databases, managing fund control points (budget), and tracking and compiling data for reports.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two pages, showing job title, duties, start and end month and year, and hours per week for each job Documents for displaced federal employees: agency notice, most recent performance rating, and most recent SF-50 Other supporting documents only if they apply to you, such as a DD-214 or transcript

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You are rated on your application materials, your questionnaire answers, and a USA Hire online assessment that measures 13 general competencies, such as attention to detail, customer service, and teamwork. You must meet a cut score on the assessment. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you removed.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Make sure your resume lists hours per week for each job, because experience without hours may not be credited.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, or it will make you ineligible.
Set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire assessment and complete it within the deadline given in your notice.

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