Your steps to apply

Materials Handler
Forest Service · La Grande, Oregon and 1 more · Closes in 9 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.

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

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license
Commercial Driver's License (CDL), only if required for certain government vehicles

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, no more than 2 pages, showing personal information, education, and work experience Work dates, title, hours worked per week, and duties for each job on your resume College transcripts if you use education to qualify (unofficial copies are acceptable at application) Proof of eligibility and SF-50 if you claim CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, 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 will be ranked and rated on your knowledge of job elements, including working without more than normal supervision, work practices, technical practices, interpreting instructions, knowledge of materials, and dexterity and safety. Inflated qualifications can lower your score or make you ineligible, and errors or omissions may affect your rating.

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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must not exceed two pages, or it will be removed from consideration.
List the hours per week and the dates for each job on your resume.
Upload files under 5MB in PDF, Word, or another accepted format. Do not use Adobe Portfolio files.

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