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Administrative Support Assistant (CYS) (Developmental) NF-02/03
United States Army Installation Management Command · Fort Detrick, Maryland · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S., plus non-U.S. nationals who have lived in the U.S. or a U.S. territory for 3 or more continuous years before federal employment starts. Only candidates who live within 100 miles of Fort Detrick, MD may apply, including eligible military spouses and involuntarily separated military members.
Experience: For the lower level, you need office experience using administrative and clerical procedures, customer service, and communication skills. For the higher level, you need professional office experience managing filing systems and records, plus at least 1 year of experience at the lower level.
Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 6 days (November 9, 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: Your application is reviewed against the listed qualifications, using your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers. Incomplete applications, including missing questionnaire answers, may be rated ineligible, and overstated experience may affect your consideration.
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:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less and show each required experience area with dates and details.
- Answer every questionnaire question, because missing answers can make you ineligible.
- Only claim a preference you can document, and upload the matching papers such as DD-214 or marriage proof.
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