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Military & Family Readiness Specialist T5
Army National Guard Units · Phoenix, Arizona · Closes in 5 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: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, National Guard and reserves, The public, Veterans.

Open to the public if you are a U.S. citizen, national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. Also open to current federal employees in excepted service, current employees of the hiring agency, veterans and certain family members, and National Guard and reserve members, people who want to join, or transitioning service members. Some Priority Placement Program categories may also apply.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience, which means work closely related to this job, at the next lower grade level (GS-8). The experience must show you gave technical guidance on this type of work, understand management and administrative procedures, and have developed administrative procedures.

Education: Education or training equivalent to the next lower grade level can count. You must provide transcripts or other proof, and the school must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body.

Licenses and certifications:

Current state driver's license

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 with your name, phone number, and work details: job title, pay plan, series, grade, hours per week, dates by month and year, employer, supervisor name and phone number, and duties Resume written in plain words, without acronyms or internal Army terms DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 with supporting disability documents if you claim 10-point veterans' preference Transcripts or other proof if you qualify through education Priority Placement forms and SF-50 or other listed papers if you claim that preference

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 8, 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 against the job qualifications, and minimally qualified applicants answer an assessment questionnaire that is compared with their resume. If you rate yourself higher than your application supports, your responses may be adjusted or you may be excluded 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, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show hours per week and dates by month and year, and it should avoid acronyms.
If you claim 10-point veterans' preference, the SF-15 must be included with your application or the claim will not be considered.
Complete the online Occupational Questionnaire and submit all documents by 11:59 PM Eastern on the closing date.

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