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Housekeeping Aid Leader – Environmental Services Technician Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Minneapolis, Minnesota · 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, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. Displaced federal employees may get priority under CTAP or ICTAP career transition programs.

Experience: No set number of years or grade level is stated. You must show training or experience that fits the work, described in detail on your resume. Applicants are rated under the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards, which are the pay and rating rules for trade and labor jobs.

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of two pages or less, 5MB or smaller Cover letter (accepted, not required) DD-214 or Statement of Service, if you have military service SF-50 or SF-15, if you are a current or former federal employee Performance appraisal (accepted, not required) Separation notice (RIF) or ICTAP/CTAP documentation, if you claim displaced employee priority VA disability letter (accepted, not required)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 3 days (November 6, 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: Applicants first answer an online questionnaire, and the VA checks minimum qualifications and eligibility. Those who qualify are rated on dexterity and safety, interpreting instructions, leading or supervising, using tools and equipment, and work practices. The VA will not assume experience, so vague resumes can lose credit.

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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 duties, dates, and hours per week, because the VA will not assume your experience.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, since longer resumes make you ineligible.
If you claim displaced federal employee priority, attach your ICTAP or CTAP paperwork and a separation notice or SF-50 before the 11:59 PM EST deadline on 11/06/2026.

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