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Housekeeping Aid Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Portland, Oregon and 1 more · Closes tomorrow
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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 applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees whose job was eliminated get priority under career transition programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
Experience: No set number of years is required. You must show training or experience that fits the duties, such as supervising or overseeing housekeeping work in a commercial setting, performing housekeeping, training staff, and doing inspections. Experience is rated under OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards for this WS-2 job.
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 tomorrow (November 4, 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 must complete an occupational questionnaire. Applicants must first pass a screen-out check on the ability to do the job without more than normal supervision, and experience not clearly described in the resume gets no credit. Those who pass are rated on dexterity and safety, interpreting instructions, leading or supervising, using and maintaining tools and equipment, and work practices.
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 your supervising, inspecting, and training work clearly, since the resume is the only proof of experience used.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, and list dates and hours per week for any part-time work.
- Complete the occupational questionnaire and confirm your resume and documents are attached before you submit.
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