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MWR Facility Operations Assistant (Duty Manager)
Commander, Navy Installations Command · El Centro, California · Closes in 10 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 national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. Non-U.S. citizens with fewer than three years of recent residential history in the U.S. may be found ineligible.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience in club, restaurant or business operations, or equivalent leadership experience. The announcement does not tie this experience to a specific grade level.

Education: The announcement says this job is not in a positive education series, so school does not count as a way to qualify.

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, two pages or less College transcript(s) as proof of education, showing name, school, degree type, award date and major DD-214 (Member-4 page) if claiming veterans' preference Notice of separation if claiming DoD NAF BBA priority consideration Sponsor's PCS orders and marriage certificate if claiming military spouse preference Most recent SF-50 or PAR if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 10 days (November 13, 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 checked for eligibility first. Eligible resumes are rated against a set scoring guide based on the knowledge, skills and abilities shown in the resume. The best qualified applicants go to the hiring manager, and interviews may be held.

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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:

Your resume must clearly show your 1 year of club, restaurant, business or leadership experience.
Transcripts must show your name, school, degree type, award date and major. Altered transcripts will not be accepted.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, as the agency requires.

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