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Intelligence Research Specialist
Development Finance Corporation · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes tomorrow
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees whose job was eliminated and who are eligible for career transition priority can also be considered first.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience equal to the GS-12 level in federal service. This experience must show that you worked as a multi-source intelligence analyst, used advanced analysis methods on complex information from several sources, and worked with national intelligence communities. You may qualify at the GS-13 level with this experience. Specialized experience means work that directly matches the job's core tasks.
Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade. This job has no 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 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 will be ranked using USA Hire online assessments, an application questionnaire, and your application materials, with veterans' preference points added to passing scores. You may be removed for overstating your experience or for cheating on an assessment.
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 (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or you will be removed from consideration.
- For each job, list dates, hours per week, and duties, with clear details on intelligence analysis work.
- This job is advertised with announcement 27-SID-ST-13099059-CH under merit promotion, so apply to that one separately if you are eligible.
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