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Quality Assurance Specialist (T5)
Air National Guard Units · Montgomery, Alabama · Closes in 10 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Veterans, National Guard and reserves, Military spouses, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Under the non-merit rules, veterans claiming 5 or more points of veterans' preference are considered first, and other applicants are considered only if no qualified preference-eligible applicants are found or a passover request is made.
Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience at least equal to the next lower grade, which is GS-11. Qualifying work includes quality assurance, contract review, writing technical specifications, and managing or supervising work. You must describe this experience in your own words in your application.
Education: No education requirement is listed for this job.
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 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: After the job closes, HR checks your resume and documents to see if you meet the qualifications. If you are minimally qualified, your answers on the assessment questionnaire are compared with your resume, and ratings you cannot support may be lowered or you may be 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 (Top Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must show work schedule, hours per week, and month and year for each job.
- Do not copy the announcement or position description into your application, as this may cause disqualification.
- Upload your documents early, because virus scanning may take several hours before your application is complete.
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