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Intelligence Specialist
Langley AFB, Virginia · Closes tomorrow

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.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans who submit proof.

Experience: Your experience must show you can do the work at the GG-13 level, such as knowledge of intelligence research, processing, and exploitation methods, multi-source intelligence systems, and writing intelligence reports. Creditable experience can come from military service, private sector work, or another government agency, including unpaid or part-time work.

Education: An advanced degree related to intelligence, or a professional or scientific degree, is desirable but not required. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to count.

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 Online application questionnaire Resume of two pages or less, font no smaller than 10 points, showing your full name Resume dates (month/year) and hours worked per week for each job Transcripts and any required license, if you qualify through education SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) if you are a current or former federal employee Proof of eligibility documents if you claim veterans' preference Optional: recent performance appraisals and awards for current federal employees

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 are rated on your application package, which includes your resume, documents, and questionnaire answers, across six knowledge, skill, and ability areas. If your questionnaire answers are not supported by your documents, you may be rated 'not qualified' or 'insufficient information' and removed from consideration.

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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, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list dates (month/year) and hours per week for every job, or it may be marked insufficient.
Make sure your questionnaire answers match your resume and documents, or you may be rated not qualified.
If you claim veterans' preference or qualify through education, include the required proof, such as DD-214 or transcripts, with your application.

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