Your steps to apply

Supervisory Store Associate
Defense Commissary Agency · Offutt AFB, Nebraska · Closes in 12 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public, Military spouses.

Open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen or national, and permanent residents are not eligible. Veterans' preference does not apply to this direct hire announcement.

Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-6. Specialized experience means past work closely related to this job, such as planning or directing work for employees, knowing several grocery store departments, or running daily grocery store operations. Federal, private sector, or military experience all count.

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 hours worked per week for each job Resume must include dates of employment, job titles, employer name and address, and duties Most recent SF-50 showing your position title, pay plan, series, and grade Answers to the online assessment questionnaire Proof for any eligibility you select, such as DD-214 or separation documents if applicable

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 12 days (November 16, 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 online questionnaire answers and resume are reviewed to check whether you meet the basic qualifications. Qualified applicants may be asked to take the USA Hire online assessment, which must be finished within 48 hours after the announcement closes. Applications are rated ineligible if they are incomplete, use encrypted or portfolio files, include photos or personal details such as age or Social Security number, or copy text from the announcement.

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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:

Your resume must show the hours you worked per week for each job, or it may be treated as incomplete.
Keep your resume to two pages or fewer, since longer resumes are removed from consideration.
If you are invited, complete the USA Hire assessment within 48 hours after the announcement closes.

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