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Air Education and Training Command · Altus AFB, Oklahoma · Closes in 86 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. Applicants are sorted by preference eligibility, such as military spouse, veteran, or transition hiring preference, and you must provide proof of any eligibility you claim.
Experience: You need experience and knowledge of food preparation, planning meals so they are all ready on time, yield testing, and ordering, issuing and storing food. This experience must come from a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, can count.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this job. Education from a foreign school can count, but you must show proof that it is equal to a U.S. education.
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 86 days (January 28, 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: After the closing date, your resume, questionnaire answers and documents are reviewed to see if you meet the minimum qualifications. Minimally qualified applicants are then compared on their level of experience. If the agency finds you overstated your answers, you may be removed from 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:
- Describe your food service work clearly on your resume, with dates and hours per week, since that is how your experience is judged.
- Attach proof for any preference you claim, such as a DD-214 for veterans, or your application will be incomplete.
- Education cannot replace experience here, so focus your resume on hands-on cooking work in a grill, snack bar, restaurant or club.
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