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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Portland, Oregon · Closes in 22 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply, according to the agency's note. Non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy. Eligible displaced federal employees get career transition priority.

Experience: No specific length of training or experience is required. You must show training or experience of enough scope and quality to do the work, with detailed descriptions on your resume. Applicants are rated under the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of two pages or less, required Resume showing job title, duties, start and end dates, and hours per week Resume showing salary, series and grade for federal jobs, and references Occupational questionnaire completed online Other accepted documents, such as a cover letter, SF-50, performance appraisal, or transcript, if they apply to you

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 22 days (November 27, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This is an open continuous announcement. Positions are filled as they become available, and referral cut-off dates are set every 2 weeks starting November 2, 2026, so the job may be filled before the closing date.

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 first must pass a screen-out check for Reliability and Dependability; those who do not are rated ineligible. Remaining applicants are rated on job elements such as Dexterity and Safety, Follow Directions, Handle Weights and Loads, Reliability and Dependability, Special Aptitude for Food Service Work, and Work Practices. Your answers are checked against your resume, so claims not supported by your resume can cost you consideration.

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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 list each job's title, duties, start and end dates, and hours per week, or the VA may not credit it.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, since longer resumes make you ineligible.
Only the most recent resume you submit is reviewed, so upload your final version.

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