Your steps to apply

Management and Program Analyst
U.S. Coast Guard · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 3 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: The public.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the United States.

Experience: You need at least one full year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, in federal or private sector work. Specialized experience means work that built the skills needed for this job, such as reporting program status to leaders, managing schedules and budgets, or serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative (the person who oversees a contract).

Education: 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 two pages, with start and end dates (mm/yy to mm/yy) and hours per week for each job SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee CTAP or ICTAP eligibility documents if you apply under those programs Proof of political appointee status if it applies to you DD-214 or VA letter if you are a veteran (encouraged, though veterans' preference does not apply) College transcripts or proof of accredited education only if you rely on education to qualify Any other supporting documents the announcement requires

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 3 days (November 7, 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: Your resume and documents are checked to confirm you meet the basic qualifications. Ratings, rankings, and veterans' preference do not apply, so your questionnaire answers are not scored. Applicants who meet the requirements move on to a structured interview stage, and resumes over two pages, unreadable documents, or missing required documents can remove 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, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to two pages or less, with a font size of at least 10 points and margins of at least 0.5 inches.
Show at least one year of work that matches this job's duties at the GS-12 level, with start and end dates and hours per week.
Do not copy the duty or qualification statements from the announcement into your resume, because they will not count.

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