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Store Worker
Defense Commissary Agency · Lakehurst, New Jersey and 4 more · Closes in 215 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, Military spouses, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen or national. Permanent Resident Card holders are not eligible. Career transition candidates and military spouses may get priority or preference.

Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years or a grade-matching requirement. Qualifying experience includes handling grocery items, locating items for customers, rotating stock, operating a price computer, and arranging shelves. Paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work, counts.

Education: You may not use education to qualify for this position.

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 pages showing job titles, employer names and addresses, dates, duties, and work hours per week Federal resume details: pay plan, series, and grade if you held a federal civilian job Copy of most recent SF-50 showing current position (required for DeCA employees) DD-214 or other acceptable proof of character of service if claiming veterans' preference SF 15 and proof of disability if claiming 10-point veterans' preference Written documentation from the armed forces if you are on active duty within 120 days of separation Answers to the online assessment questionnaire

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 215 days (May 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

Yes. Applications received after the initial cut-off date, 14 days after the announcement opened, are considered only if more vacancies are added later.

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: HR first checks whether you meet the minimum qualifications and requirements. You then answer an online questionnaire that rates how well you match the job elements, and you may be rated ineligible if you clearly fail the screen-out element. Qualified candidates are ranked as Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified.

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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 (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
List the work schedule, hours per week, dates, and duties for every job on your resume.
If you are a current DeCA employee, include a copy of your most recent SF-50.

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