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Supervisory Electronics Engineer
Lackland AFB, Texas · Closes in 8 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.

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 United States. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans.

Experience: Your resume must show experience at the quality level this senior job needs, including a broad knowledge of concepts and practices and skill applying technical knowledge to new methods. Experience can come from military service, private sector work, or other government agencies. The announcement does not list a number of years.

Education: You can qualify with an engineering bachelor's degree from a school with at least one ABET-accredited program. You can also qualify with calculus and advanced science courses in five of seven listed engineering areas. A combination of education and experience can qualify if it shows strong engineering knowledge, shown by a professional license, a written test, or specified courses. Schools must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body.

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 Online application questionnaire Resume of two pages or less, font at least 10 points, showing hours per week and month/year dates Your full first and last name on your resume and all documents Transcripts if you use education to qualify Documents proving veterans' preference eligibility, if you claim it Copies of your SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee Optional: performance appraisals and awards from the last 3 years if you are a current federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 8 days (November 12, 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 application package, including your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers, is used to rate you. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated not qualified or insufficient information.

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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 (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list hours worked per week and month/year dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
Keep your resume to two pages or less and include your full first and last name.
Make sure your questionnaire answers match what your resume and documents show, or you may be rated not qualified.

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