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Correctional Officer (Correctional Systems Officer)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Atlanta, Georgia · 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).

This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Career transition priority (CTAP or ICTAP) and veterans' preference may apply to some applicants.

Experience: For GL-7, you need experience receiving and admitting inmates, handling mail, or running reports in the Sentry system. For GL-8, you need experience directly related to the mailroom and receiving and discharge areas, such as inmate releases, prisoner transfers, or supervising inmates for bus moves.

Education: For GL-7, one full academic year of graduate education in criminal justice, social science, or a related field can qualify you instead of experience. There is no substitution of education for experience at GL-8.

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, limited to 2 pages, with your name, contact information, and relevant experience Start and end dates in MM/YYYY format and hours worked per week for each job College transcripts if you qualify through education DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 with a VA letter showing your name and combined service-connected rating, if you claim certain veterans' preference SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee CTAP or ICTAP proof, including separation notice, latest performance appraisal, and SF-50, if applicable

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 will take USA Hire online assessments on 12 skills, such as attention to detail, stress tolerance, and teamwork, and must meet a cut score. Your application is then placed in the Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified category, and overstating your experience or cheating can get you removed.

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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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show start and end dates in MM/YYYY format and hours worked per week for each job, or that experience may not count.
If you use education to qualify, upload your transcripts when you apply, and bring official transcripts before your first day if selected.
Veterans must upload a DD-214 with the application, or the claimed preference will be lost.

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