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VCS Cook- White River Junction VT
Veterans Health Administration · White River Junction, Vermont · Closes in 20 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Veterans.
This job is open to the public, including U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Veterans and spouses, widows, widowers, or parents of veterans may be eligible for derived preference. Traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply here, but qualified Veterans will get full consideration.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience in cooking and food safety. The announcement does not name a grade level for this experience. Be clear and specific about your experience, because the agency will not assume anything.
Education: The announcement does not list a required degree. If you use education to qualify, the school must be 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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 20 days (November 25, 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 missing or unclear information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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 cooking, food safety, and multi-unit kitchen experience in specific detail, including dates and duties, since the agency will not assume it.
- Make sure your REAL ID is current and valid, because it is required to work here.
- ServSafe Food Handler certification is preferred, so list it if you have it.
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