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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Closes in 89 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current or former federal employees in career transition programs (CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL) may get priority, since their job was eliminated.
Experience: No specific length of training or experience is required. You must show enough training or experience to do the work, with detailed descriptions on your resume. Applicants are rated under 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 89 days (February 1, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close without advance notice before its listed closing date, so apply as early as you can.
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 first checked against a screen-out question, usually question 1 of the online questionnaire. Those who do not meet the minimum are removed. Those who qualify are rated on the job elements, and missing or unclear details on your resume may lower your rating.
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:
- Show specific duties, hours per week, and month and year dates for each job on your resume
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or you will be removed from consideration
- Complete the online questionnaire and upload all documents before the closing date
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