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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Salisbury, North Carolina · Closes in 2 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or a person who owes allegiance to the U.S. Displaced federal employees who qualify under the career transition programs (CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL) get priority over other applicants.
Experience: No set number of years of training or experience is required. You must show training or experience that gives you the knowledge, skills, and ability to do this work, and describe it in detail on your resume. Applicants are rated under the OPM Federal Wage System qualification standards.
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 2 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 30 applications are received, which may happen before the posted 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: Your online questionnaire answers are screened first, usually with question 1; applicants who do not meet the minimum are rated ineligible and removed. Eligible applicants are rated on job elements such as dexterity and safety, tools and equipment, and work practices, and the agency will not assume experience you do not describe.
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:
- Make sure your resume is two pages or less and shows your food service or kitchen work with dates and hours per week.
- Submit your resume and all required documents; applicants are deemed ineligible without supporting documentation.
- Apply before the closing date, since the job may close early after 30 applications.
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