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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Brockton, Massachusetts · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL) and displaced federal employees also may apply and get priority over other applicants.
Experience: No specific length of training or experience is required. You must show training or experience that fits the duties, and describe it clearly on your resume with dates and hours per week. 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 9 days (November 12, 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 must first pass a screen-out question in the online questionnaire showing you meet the minimum qualification. Those who pass are rated on job elements such as dexterity and safety, following instructions, tools and equipment, and work practices. Applicants who fail the screen-out question are removed, and the agency will not assume experience that is not clearly listed.
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 your resume clearly show food service or similar duties, dates, and hours per week, and keep it to two pages
- Submit your resume and the online questionnaire before 11:59 PM EST on 11/12/2026
- If you are a current or former federal employee, include your SF-50 or the application will be incomplete
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