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Maintenance Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Fayetteville, Arkansas · Closes today
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
The 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. Non-citizens may only be hired if qualified citizens cannot be found. Eligible displaced federal employees (CTAP or ICTAP) get priority over other applicants.
Experience: The announcement does not require a set number of years. You must show training or experience that gives you the skills to do this work, and describe it clearly on your resume. Applicants are rated under OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
Education: This job does not have an 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 today (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: First, a screening question in the online questionnaire removes applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements. Remaining applicants are rated on competencies such as working without more than normal supervision, equipment repair, blueprint reading, tool use and materials knowledge.
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:
- Describe each past job with duties in detail, month and year dates, and average hours per week, since the agency will not assume anything.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or your application will be ineligible.
- Submit the full package, including the questionnaire and resume, by the closing time of 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
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