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Health Technician (Dietetic)
Veterans Health Administration · Columbia, South Carolina · Closes in 3 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, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Competitive service.

Only U.S. citizens can apply. The job is open to the public, and eligible Veterans can claim veterans' preference in the questionnaire. Current permanent VA employees at this facility are reviewed first, then other VA employees, then current federal employees of other agencies, then all other applicants.

Experience: You need at least 1 full year of specialized experience at or above GS-4 level. The experience must involve quantity food service or nutrition, working with patients or customers, and using computer systems. Your resume must show job title, duties, month and year dates, and hours per week for each job.

Education: You can qualify with a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. The school must be accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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 showing job title, duties, month and year dates, and hours per week Transcript if you use education to qualify DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference for a disability or other eligible reason SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee, showing one year of time in grade Disability letter (Schedule A) if applicable

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 3 days (November 2, 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 will be rated on your application, your questionnaire answers, and your USA Hire online assessments. The assessments measure competencies such as attention to detail, customer service, teamwork, and stress tolerance. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment may remove you from 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:

Describe each past job with its title, duties, month and year dates, and hours per week, since the VA will not assume anything.
Complete the USA Hire online assessment after you apply, which the announcement says is required, and set aside at least 3 hours for it.
If you use education to qualify, upload your transcript with your application, because it is required in that case.

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