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Purchasing Agent
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · McGuire AFB, New Jersey · Closes in 2 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience. This means detailed reviews of purchase requests and buying supplies or equipment. The announcement says this experience is typical of GS-5 level work, one grade below this job.
Education: A half year (9 semester hours) of graduate-level education in a field such as business or management can qualify you instead of experience. You can also combine education and experience so the total reaches 100%. Foreign education must be evaluated by an approved organization or receive full U.S. credit.
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 2 days (November 5, 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 your resume, questionnaire, and documents show you meet the qualifications. If the announcement finds you inflated your experience, you may lose consideration, and missing information may make your application incomplete or lower your rating.
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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must be two pages or less and must list hours per week for each job, or it may be marked incomplete.
- If you want to use education to qualify, upload your transcript, or your education will not be counted.
- Use plain language and avoid acronyms on your resume, since the agency will not assume what you mean.
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