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Medical Support Assistant (Advanced)
Veterans Health Administration · Joplin, Missouri · Closes in 6 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: Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The announcement says it is open to the public, and current permanent VA Nationwide employees and federal employees of other agencies may also apply.

Experience: No experience is required for the basic requirement. To qualify for the GS-6 level, your resume must show one year of experience equivalent to GS-5 and describe specific duties that match the required skills.

Education: A high school diploma, a GED equivalency certificate, or a proficiency certificate from a state or territorial education board meets the basic education requirement. Degrees must come from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body. Foreign education requires 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or CV showing job title, duties, start and end month and year, and average hours per week Proof of high school completion, such as a diploma, transcript, or GED, before a firm job offer College transcript if you use education to qualify Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 9, 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 questionnaire, resume, supporting documents, and a required USA Hire online assessment are used to rate you. The announcement says it will not assume your experience, and missing or unclear information may result in an ineligible rating or a lower score.

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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:

Your resume must list each job's title, duties, start and end month and year, and hours per week, or that experience may not count.
Describe your experience in specific detail, since the announcement says it will not make assumptions about your background.
Set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire assessments and finish the application before 11:59 PM ET on the closing date.

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