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Interdisciplinary
Defense Human Resources Activity · Alexandria, Virginia · Closes in 6 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: Military spouses, The public.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The agency also says it is open to military spouses and DoD civilian spouses.

Experience: For the GS-13 level, you need one year of specialized experience (work similar to this job) at the GS-12 level, such as planning surveys or focus groups and analyzing survey data with advanced statistics. For the GS-12 level, you need one year of similar experience at the GS-11 level.

Education: For the Social Science 0101 series, you need a degree in behavioral or social science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. For the Psychology 0180 series, you need a major in psychology, except clinical or counseling psychology. For the Statistics 1530 series, you need a degree with at least 15 semester hours in statistics. The GS-13 and GS-12 jobs also require graduate-level statistics, including 9 graduate semester hours in statistics. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

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 no more than 2 pages, in PDF format, with at least 0.5-inch margins and 10-point font Resume must show work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties College transcripts, which are required because the job has an education requirement Most recent SF-50 showing grade, step, salary, and position type DD-214 and other veterans documents if you claim veterans' preference Proof of military spouse eligibility if you claim that status

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 9, 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: Applications are first checked to see if you meet the minimum qualifications. Traditional rating and ranking does not apply to this job, and applications with missing documents may be marked incomplete. Applicants who are referred may be interviewed, and declining or missing a scheduled interview removes you 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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must be 2 pages or less, in PDF, with the required margins and font size, or you will be removed.
List the work schedule, hours per week, dates, and duties for each job on your resume.
Send college transcripts. Without them you will be rated ineligible, even if you qualify through experience.

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