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Vocational Development Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Tucson, Arizona · Closes in 2 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The first priority group is current permanent employees of the Tucson VA Medical Center, then current permanent VA employees, and then all U.S. citizens.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at about the GS-9 level, such as vocational counseling, job placement, or employment work for people with disabilities or disadvantaged people. Two years of experience working with homeless people is preferred but not required.
Education: A Ph.D. or doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher graduate education leading to one, in vocational rehabilitation, vocational or educational counseling, or a related field can qualify you. You can also combine education and experience to qualify.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid state driver's license
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 2 days (November 6, 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 your resume, your answers to the application questionnaire, and the USA Hire online assessments, which measure 12 competencies such as attention to detail, customer service, and teamwork. Vague or overstated experience, or cheating on the assessment, can get you removed from consideration.
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 (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- The USAJOBS page shows this job as canceled, so check the announcement status before applying.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or you will be ineligible.
- If you use education to qualify, send your transcript with your application, and remember the online assessment is required.
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