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Medical Laboratory Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Closes in 85 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public. The conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
Experience: For GS-6, you need 1 year of experience equivalent to GS-5. GS-5 needs no experience beyond the basic requirements. The announcement does not describe the type of experience needed, but 1 year as an MLT is preferred.
Education: Candidates must meet the educational requirements for MLT certification. If you use education to qualify, you must send a transcript from an accredited school.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current MLT certification from ASCP (Board of Certification or Board of Registry), American Medical Technologists, or American Association of Bioanalysts
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 in 85 days (January 27, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement. Qualified applicants are referred to the hiring manager every 1 to 2 weeks until the job is closed, cancelled, or filled, so it may end before the stated closing date.
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 how well your application meets the qualifications, using an online occupational questionnaire and your resume or CV. The agency does not assume experience, so unclear or missing details may lead to disqualification or a lower rating. Your references and documents may be verified.
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:
- Clearly describe your lab experience, dates, and hours per week in your resume, since the agency will not assume anything
- Include a copy of your MLT certification with your application package
- Answer each KSA in a separate document, because the announcement highly recommends it
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