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Paralegal Specialist
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command · Fort Meade, Maryland · Closes tomorrow
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, Veterans, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
The job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States may apply. You must also fit at least one listed employment category, such as veterans' preference, current DoD or DCIPS employee, or prior federal service, and prove it with documents.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-7 level or equivalent. This means progressively responsible intelligence-related security work that includes locating and selecting references for operations or procedures, person-to-person work to give or get facts, and creating correspondence templates.
Education: A master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher graduate study toward one, or an LL.B. or J.D. in a field such as jurisprudence, can qualify you. You can also combine education and experience, and the combined total must reach 100%. Education from foreign schools must be evaluated by a recognized private organization or given full U.S. credit.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid 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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes tomorrow (November 4, 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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, using your application materials, your questionnaire answers, and USA Hire online assessments. The assessments measure 12 general skills, such as reading comprehension, teamwork, and stress tolerance, and you must meet a cut score. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you removed from consideration.
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 (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must be two pages or less and clearly show at least one year of specialized experience, with hours per week for each job.
- Do not include classified information in your application, and use plain language without unexplained acronyms.
- If you are notified, complete the USA Hire assessments on time, since the deadline can be within 48 hours after the announcement closes.
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