Your steps to apply

Training Instructor
Fairchild AFB, Washington · Closes tomorrow

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, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans, who must submit proof with their application.

Experience: You need specialized experience, which means practical knowledge of the subject and of teaching methods. Examples include teaching or instructing, supervising a training program, developing or reviewing training materials, or regular work that required training others. Your resume must show details of this experience, and the announcement does not list a number of years.

Education: Education can qualify you alone or together with experience. Qualifying education includes a major study in education or a related subject, a PhD or three full years of graduate study toward a related doctorate, or an LL.M. or J.D. with a related major. Education must come from a school accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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 no more than two pages, font at least 10 pt, showing hours per week and dates of employment Transcripts if you qualify using education SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) if you are or were a federal employee Proof of veterans' preference eligibility if you claim it Optional for current federal employees: recent performance appraisals and list of awards from the last 3 years

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 4, 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 (resume, documents, and questionnaire) is used to rate your eligibility, qualifications, and quality. Your questionnaire answers must match your documents, or you may be rated not qualified or insufficient information. Missing required documents can remove you from consideration.

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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 show hours worked per week and month/year dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
If you use education to qualify, submit transcripts and make sure the school is accredited.
Make sure your questionnaire answers match what your resume and documents say.

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