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Medical Support Assistant (Advanced)
Veterans Health Administration · Santa Ana, California · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may only be hired when qualified citizens cannot be found.
Experience: To qualify at GS-6, you need one year of experience equivalent to GS-5. The basic requirements list no specific experience, but the grade rule above applies.
Education: A high school diploma or equivalent. If you have no education above high school, you must send a diploma or transcript. Advanced education cannot replace the requirements for this job. Foreign education must be evaluated by a recognized service and sent with a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
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 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 50 applications are received, which may happen before the listed 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 will be rated on your application, resume, questionnaire answers, and USA Hire online assessments. You will be assessed on customer service, flexibility, integrity, interpersonal skills, reading comprehension, reasoning, self-management, and teamwork. Missing required information may result in an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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 be a long-form resume or CV showing dates; the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Complete the USA Hire assessment on time. If your link arrives after the posting closes, you must finish within 48 hours.
- If you are a veteran, claim preference in the questionnaire and upload your DD-214 and any SF-15 form.
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