Your steps to apply

Rigging Worker (Seasonal)
National Park Service · San Francisco, California · Closes in 5 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

You must be a U.S. citizen or national. The announcement is also open to career transition eligibles under CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL, including displaced federal employees who get priority if they are well qualified.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this Federal Wage System job.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, which you must keep throughout employment

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two single-sided pages, with 10-point minimum font and 0.5-inch margins Resume listing significant jobs, duties, and your rank or grade if military or civilian Completed assessment questionnaire DD-214 or other proof of service if you claim veterans' preference Agency notice, SF-50s, and most recent performance appraisal if you apply under CTAP or ICTAP No photographs and no Adobe portfolio files

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 9, 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: Your resume and documents are compared with your questionnaire answers to rate you as Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. You must score at least 2 on the screen-out factor (ability to do the work without more than normal supervision) and average at least 2 on all job elements. Your resume must support your answers, and overstating experience or using inappropriate language can remove you from consideration.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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:

Describe your rigging, sailing, or similar hands-on experience in detail on your resume, since job titles alone will not count.
Keep your resume within two single-sided pages, 10-point font, and 0.5-inch margins, with no attachments.
Upload your DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference, or your CTAP/ICTAP proof if you apply under those programs.

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