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Human Resources Specialist (Information Systems)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Washington, District of Columbia and 1 more · Closes in 27 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the United States. Federal employees may have priority under career transition programs (CTAP, ICTAP or RPL) if they meet the requirements and submit the listed documents.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level or equivalent. This means doing HR information systems work, such as checking that systems follow policies, monitoring systems for problems, collecting and analyzing HR data, or helping with data validation and testing.

Education: Education from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education can count toward qualifications. The announcement does not list a specific degree or coursework.

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 2-page resume showing job title, duties, employer name and phone, employer address, start and end dates (MM/YY), hours per week, and whether we may contact your supervisor DD-214 or other discharge proof if you are a veteran SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference ICTAP notice, most recent performance rating and SF-50 if you claim ICTAP priority SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee SF-50 and a statement about your appointment if you are a current or former political appointee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 27 days (November 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

The agency may stop considering applicants early, because the first cut-off for referral is set and only the first 100 applicants get first consideration.

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, using your resume, questionnaire answers and assessments. You must meet or beat the USA Hire cut score on competencies such as teamwork, attention to detail and decision making, and overstating your experience or cheating can get you removed.

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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:

Include dates, hours per week and your supervisor contact permission on your 2-page resume, since missing details can lower your rating.
Do not copy the duties or questionnaire text into your resume, because the agency will not count it as proof of experience.
Set aside about two hours for the USA Hire assessments and complete them soon after you receive the link.

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