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Security Assistant -911 Emergency Dispatcher
Veterans Health Administration · Fayetteville, Arkansas · Closes in 84 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. The job is open to the public and to career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), who get selection priority.
Experience: You need one full year of specialized experience at the GS-4 level in federal service. It should show skills like computer data entry, report writing, keeping information confidential, and courteous communication.
Education: Four years of education above high school from an accredited school, such as a college or university, can qualify you instead of experience. You can also combine education and experience; only education beyond the first 60 semester hours counts toward the experience requirement.
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 84 days (January 27, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement with referral cut-off dates on the 10th of each month, starting November 10, 2026, and applications are reviewed in the order received.
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 your application materials, your questionnaire answers, and a USA Hire online assessment. The assessment measures skills like attention to detail, customer service, teamwork and stress tolerance. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Make sure your resume lists job title, duties, start and end month/year, and hours per week for each job, and keeps to two pages.
- If you use education to qualify, upload your transcript with your application, because education cannot be credited without it.
- Complete the USA Hire assessment before its deadline, since it is required and you must finish it to be considered.
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