Your steps to apply

Unit Business Manager-Direct Hire Authority
Air Force Materiel Command · Arnold AFB, Tennessee and 5 more · Closes in 15 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, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The announcement says veterans' preference does not apply to this recruitment.

Experience: You need at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower level, NH-01, which is equal to GS-4. Specialized experience includes planning, organizing, coordinating, resourcing, training, and buying what is needed to support mission requirements.

Education: The announcement does not describe education as a way to qualify. If you use education, it must come from a school accredited by an accrediting body 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, in font size 10 or larger, showing hours per week and month/year dates Your full name on your resume and all other documents Transcripts, if you qualify through education Active or current registration or license, if the job requires it Certification memo or DD Form 214, only if you are an active duty service member Optional: recent performance appraisals and awards, if you are a current federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 15 days (November 18, 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 resume, documents, and questionnaire answers are used to check eligibility and rank your qualifications. Your answers must match your documents, or you may be rated 'not qualified' or 'insufficient information.' You are also rated on six knowledge, skills, and abilities areas, including analysis, communication, and customer service.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list hours per week and month/year start and end dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, and make sure it supports your questionnaire answers.
Put your full name on your resume and every uploaded document.

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