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Cook Na-06
United States Army Installation Management Command · Fort Wainwright, Alaska · Closes in 64 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, and candidates may apply from anywhere in the world. You must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S.; the agency adds that non-U.S. nationals must have lived in the U.S. or a U.S. territory for at least three continuous years before federal employment starts. Military spouse and involuntarily separated military preference candidates are included in consideration.
Experience: You need a minimum of 6 months of work experience directly related to the cooking duties, including skill with professional kitchen appliances and equipment. The announcement does not name a grade level for this experience.
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 64 days (December 31, 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 rated on how well your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers match the qualifications. Incomplete applications, including skipped questionnaire items, may be rated ineligible, and overstated experience may hurt 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:
- Your resume must be two pages or less and clearly show your cooking experience and kitchen equipment skills.
- Answer every questionnaire question, because skipped answers can make you ineligible.
- Submit your full online application package by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 12/31/2026.
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