Your steps to apply

Financial Technician
U.S. Marine Corps · Cherry Point, North Carolina · Closes tomorrow

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.

The job is open to the public. The conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen.

Experience: For GS-06, you need 1 year of experience at or equal to GS-05 level in tracking appropriation spending at the transaction level, preparing audit documents, and applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (standard accounting rules). For GS-05, you need 1 year of experience at or equal to GS-04 level assisting with tracking appropriation spending and preparing audit documents.

Education: GS-05 only: 4 years of education above high school from an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university.

Licenses and certifications:

Financial Management Certification Level 1, obtained within 2 years of hire and kept current with continuing 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Complete resume, no more than 2 pages and readable, showing employer, dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series, and grade for federal jobs Copies of any licenses, certificates, or professional memberships you claim Official or unofficial transcripts, or a list of courses with grades and dates, if you use education to qualify DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference, with a copy for each period of service Statement of service on command letterhead if you are an active duty service member

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 4, 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: Human Resources will check your resume and documents against the minimum qualifications, and qualified applicants go to the hiring manager. The selecting official may interview you. You may be rated ineligible for incomplete packages or if your qualifications appear inflated.

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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, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show dates by month and year, plus hours per week and the pay plan, series, and grade for any federal job, or it may be rated low.
Send your application only by email to chuck.burdulis@usmc.mil, because faxed applications will not be considered.
If you use education to qualify, attach transcripts or a course list, and attach a DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference.

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