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General Attorney (Government Contracts, Fiscal Law, and Administrative Law)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Williston, Vermont and 1 more · Closes in 10 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: The public.

The job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.

Experience: The announcement requires relevant experience but does not say how many years or what kind.

Education: You must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or LLM degree.

Licenses and certifications:

Active membership in good standing of the bar of a U.S. state, territory, D.C., or Puerto Rico

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 Cover letter with full name, home address, contact details, law school, graduation year, and bar admission year Resume of no more than two pages with job titles, duties, employer names, phone numbers, addresses, and dates in MM/YY Bar card or certificate of good standing Writing sample you are the principal author of, up to 10 double-spaced pages Veterans' preference documents if you claim it (DD-214 preferred) SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee SF-50 and a statement about your political appointment if you held one Law school transcripts or latest performance appraisal if asked

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 10 days (November 13, 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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications through an online occupational questionnaire. Highly qualified applicants may be interviewed, and missing required documents may lead to an ineligible rating.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Upload your bar card or certificate of good standing with your application.
Put announcement number DE-13105588-27-DM on your resume.
Click Submit My Answers at the end of the occupational questionnaire, or your answers will not be sent.

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