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Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition)
Veterans Health Administration · Tomah, Wisconsin · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to all U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
Experience: You need 1 year of experience equivalent to GS-12, the next lower grade level, to qualify at GS-13.
Education: You may base qualifications on education if your degree is from a school accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. A transcript is required if you use education to qualify. Foreign degrees need a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
Licenses and certifications:
- Registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing branch of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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 6 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: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your online questionnaire. Your resume, CV and supporting documents will be verified, and reference checks may be done. Errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Include a transcript if you use education to qualify, or that education will not count.
- Make sure your CDR registration is listed and shown in your application.
- Veterans should claim preference in the questionnaire and attach the required forms and DD-214.
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