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Veterans Health Administration · Columbia, Missouri · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The agency clarifies that this is open to all U.S. citizens.
Experience: No set length of training or experience is required. You must show training or experience that fits the work, with detailed descriptions on your resume. Applicants are rated under OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
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 3 days (November 6, 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: Applicants are first checked against a screen-out question, usually question 1 on the online questionnaire. Those who pass are rated on job elements such as dexterity and safety, materials, and use and care of tools and equipment. Applicants are referred in the order their applications were received.
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:
- The page shows this job as canceled, so confirm with the agency contact before you spend time on an application.
- Your resume must be 2 pages or less, or it will be ruled ineligible.
- List the hours per week you worked in each job, since part-time experience is counted by time actually spent.
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