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VCS Assistant Canteen Chief- Pittsburgh PA
Veterans Health Administration · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Veterans, 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 U.S. Traditional veterans' preference rules do not apply, but qualified veterans will get full consideration.
Experience: You need a minimum of 1 to 2 years of direct food service and/or retail management experience. The announcement also asks for a proven record of building sales, increasing profits, and developing staff. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, can count.
Education: An associate degree in business, hospitality, or management is preferred but not required. If you use education to qualify, it must come from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- ServSafe certification (or obtain within 90 days of hire)
- Current, valid REAL ID
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 listed qualifications. Your application, resume, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect your consideration or lead to an ineligible rating.
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:
- Describe your food service or retail management experience clearly and specifically, with dates and hours, because the agency will not assume anything.
- Confirm you have a current, valid REAL ID and a plan to get ServSafe within 90 days of hire.
- If you use a degree, include a transcript and make sure the school is accredited by a recognized U.S. Department of Education accrediting body.
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