Your steps to apply
Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Palo Alto, California and 1 more · Closes tomorrow
Sign in to save your progress. Free, with just your email. You can read all the steps without an account.
1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply.
Experience: No specific amount of experience is required. Paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work, counts, but your questionnaire answers must be backed by detailed descriptions on your resume. If you worked part-time, list the hours per week you worked.
Education: This job does not have an education 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 tomorrow (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 25 applications are received, which may be sooner than the 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 questionnaire answers are rated against the job requirements using the OPM Federal Wage System job-element method. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element are rated ineligible and removed from consideration.
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:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, and show your dates and duties clearly.
- Attach your DD-214 and SF-15 if you claim veterans' preference, since they are needed to award it.
- Apply early, because the job can close after 25 applications.
Kandidatu is an independent website: only the official posting counts. Read it before you apply.