Your steps to apply

MWR Chef (Supervisor)
Commander, Navy Installations Command · San Diego, California · Closes in 26 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.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the United States.

Experience: One year of experience with food preparation, menu development, and kitchen oversight operations. The announcement does not name a matching grade level for this experience.

Education: The announcement says this job is not in a positive education series, so education is not a qualifying path.

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 Résumé of two pages or less Proof of education or training: awarded college transcript showing your name, school, degree type, award date, and major High school diploma if your degree is not awarded, or if you have certain training certificates or a CDA/MSA credential Foreign transcripts must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency by a private credentialing agency, at your cost DD-214 (Member-4 page) if claiming veterans' preference Notice of separation if claiming DOD NAF Business Based Action priority Sponsor's PCS orders and marriage certificate if claiming military spouse preference Most recent SF-50 or Personnel Action Report if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 26 days (November 29, 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: Resumes are first checked for eligibility and minimum qualifications. Eligible resumes are then rated on knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) using set criteria, and the best qualified applicants go to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to interview candidates.

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

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to two pages or less and show your food preparation, menu development, and kitchen oversight experience clearly.
Upload your college transcript with your name, school, degree, award date, and major visible, since altered transcripts are not accepted.
Apply online only; applications sent by email or in person are not accepted.

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