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Investigative Analyst (DOMEX)
Customs and Border Protection · Swanton, Vermont · 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

This job is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Certain federal employees, such as those in the CTAP, ICTAP or Reemployment Priority List programs, may get priority.

Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11). The experience must involve processing DOMEX data, reporting and presenting findings, navigating digital media systems, record management, or analyzing complex data from multiple digital sources. Your resume must clearly show how you meet this requirement or you will be found ineligible.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license at the time of appointment

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 two pages showing full legal name, phone number and job details Resume dates in MM/DD/YY format, hours worked per week, job title, series, grade and salary Resume that explicitly shows how you meet the experience requirement Responses to the job questionnaire and USA Hire Competency Based Assessment Separation notice, SF-50, and performance rating if claiming CTAP, ICTAP or RPL priority DD-214 if claiming veterans' preference SF-50s recommended if you are a current or former federal employee Reasonable accommodation request documentation if requesting one for the assessments

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 materials, your questionnaire answers, and your USA Hire online assessment results. Qualified applicants are placed in Highly Qualified, Well-Qualified or Qualified categories, and the best-qualified may be referred to the hiring manager for an interview.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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:

Your resume must explicitly show how you meet the one year of specialized experience, or you will be found ineligible.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, since longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Upload your resume under the Resume document type and do not submit documents as a PDF Portfolio.

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