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Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard) NF-02
United States Army Installation Management Command · Waianae, Hawaii · Closes in 8 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. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Non-U.S. nationals must have lived in the U.S. or a U.S. territory for at least three continuous years right before starting federal work.
Licenses and certifications:
- Waterfront Lifeguard Certification
- CPR/AED Certification
- Oxygen Administration Certification
- First Aid Certification
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 8 days (November 11, 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 on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers. If you are tentatively qualified, the agency will check that your questionnaire answers match your resume, and overstated experience can hurt your chances.
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 clearly show your four current certifications and your relevant experience, and it cannot exceed two pages.
- Include contact information for professional references on your resume to speed up hiring.
- Answer every questionnaire item, because skipped items can make you ineligible. Upload documents early, since virus scans can take an hour or more.
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