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VCS Sales Clerk- Shreveport LA
Veterans Health Administration · Shreveport, Louisiana · 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, but applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States. Veterans and eligible spouses, widows, widowers, or parents of veterans may apply, but traditional veterans' preference rules do not apply because of the agency's legal authority; qualified veterans still receive full consideration.
Experience: One year of experience in the service industry is preferred but not required. The announcement does not state a grade level for experience.
Education: The announcement does not list a required degree. If you use education to qualify, the school must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and you must provide only attendance or degrees from those schools.
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, and the agency will verify your application, resume, and documents. Errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Get a current, valid REAL ID before you apply, since it is required to work here.
- Describe any customer service, cash register, or retail work clearly and specifically, because the agency will verify it.
- Complete the online questionnaire and upload your resume, and check your application status in USAJOBS to confirm nothing is missing.
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