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Pharmacy Aid
Indian Health Service · Toppenish, Washington and 1 more · Closes in 57 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Native Americans, The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Native Americans or Alaska Natives with tribal affiliation receive absolute preference for vacancies at IHS under federal law.
Experience: For GS-2, you need 3 months of general experience. For GS-3, you need 6 months of general experience. General experience means any work that shows you can do the job, or that gave you familiarity with pharmacy subjects or processes. Paid and unpaid work, volunteer work, and part-time work all count, but you must list duties and hours per week.
Education: For GS-2, you need successful completion of high school or an equivalent. For GS-3, you need one year of study above high school that included a course in biology, chemistry, or physics. At GS-3, you can also combine education and experience if the total equals at least 100 percent. Schools must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting institution. Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
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 in 57 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Applications are reviewed by cutoff dates: the first is listed as either 5 business days or 10 days after the announcement opens, and later cutoffs fall every Friday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
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 questionnaire are reviewed against the minimum qualifications, then rated Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified, with veterans' preference eligibles getting priority within each group. Four optional essay questions (200 words or less each) may be reviewed by hiring managers but are not scored, and you must certify they are your own words without a consultant or AI tool.
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:
- List hours per week and clear duties for every job on your resume, or you may lose credit.
- Complete background and financial forms within 5 calendar days of receiving instructions.
- If you claim Indian preference, send a signed Form BIA-4432 with your application or it will not be given.
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