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Forest Service · Prescott, Arizona and 2 more · Closes in 8 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. The conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national and at least 18 years old.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this position.

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 of no more than 2 pages with personal information, education, and work experience (duties, dates, hours per week, title, series, grade) College transcripts if you use education to qualify (unofficial copy is fine at application) Proof of accreditation if any education was from a foreign school Proof of eligibility and recent SF-50 if you claim CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 8 days (November 12, 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: You will be rated and ranked on job elements such as working without more than normal supervision, interpreting instructions, using tools and measuring instruments, knowledge of materials, and dexterity and safety. Inflated qualifications can lower your score or make you ineligible, and errors or omissions can affect your rating.

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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 not go over 2 pages, or you will be removed from consideration.
List the hours per week and exact dates for each job on your resume, since the announcement asks for them.
Submit all required documents and complete the Assessment Questionnaire by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.

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