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Financial Accounts Technician
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration · Leavenworth, Kansas · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S.; the conditions section says you must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience, which means work related to this job that gave you the skills to do it. It must be at least GS-05 level, the grade just below this job. Examples include keeping financial or case records, resolving routine billing questions, data entry and filing, and checking that forms are complete. Your resume must show job title, duties, start and end month and year, and hours per week.
Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.
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: You are rated on your resume, your questionnaire answers, and your USA Hire online assessment on competencies such as arithmetic, customer service, flexibility, integrity, interpersonal skills, reasoning, and teamwork. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you 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:
- Make sure your resume shows dates, job duties, and hours per week for each job, or the experience may not count.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less and include current phone and email details.
- Set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire online assessment and complete it within the time given.
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