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Federal Job Applications Toolbox How to navigate the federal job application system for those interested in applying for civilian positions with the U.S. government

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to:

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dre

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he

tou

gh

ch

alle

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ha

t ou

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un

try

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trib

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ject

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ect

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pet

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rea

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pre

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cati

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ave

va

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un

iqu

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pp

lica

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ced

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ust

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iple

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n U

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ffor

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ve t

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ing

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e O

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he

USA

JOB

S R

esu

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Bu

ilder

allo

ws

you

to

crea

te

one

un

ifor

m r

esu

me

tha

t p

rovi

des

all

of t

he

info

rma

tion

req

uir

ed b

y g

over

nm

ent

ag

enci

es. I

nst

ead

of

crea

tin

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mu

ltip

le r

esu

mes

in d

iffe

ren

t fo

rma

ts, y

ou c

an

bu

ild y

our

resu

me

once

an

d b

e re

ad

y fo

r a

ll jo

b o

pp

ortu

nit

ies.

Res

um

e a

nd

KSA

(k

now

led

ge,

sk

ills

& a

bili

ties

) ti

ps:

Pa

y A

tten

tion

to

Key

wor

ds

Wh

eth

er y

ou'r

e w

riti

ng

you

r fi

rst

resu

me,

up

da

tin

g a

n e

xist

ing

on

e, o

r a

nsw

erin

g a

pos

itio

n's

Kn

owle

dg

es,

Skill

s, a

nd

Ab

iliti

es (

KSA

's),

sto

p a

nd

th

ink

ab

out

wh

ich

key

wor

ds

you

nee

d t

o a

dd

. You

cou

ld b

e th

e m

ost

qu

alif

ied

per

son

for

th

e p

osit

ion

, bu

t yo

u c

ould

be

lost

in a

sea

of

ap

plic

an

ts w

ith

out

the

rig

ht

key

wor

ds.

A S

ing

le K

eyw

ord

Com

mu

nic

ate

s M

ult

iple

Sk

ills

an

d Q

ua

lific

ati

ons

Wh

en a

rec

ruit

er r

ead

s th

e k

eyw

ord

"a

na

lyst

," h

e or

she

mig

ht

ass

um

e yo

u h

ave

exp

erie

nce

in c

olle

ctin

g d

ata

, ev

alu

ati

ng e

ffec

tive

nes

s, a

nd

res

earc

hin

g a

nd

dev

elop

ing

new

pro

cess

es. J

ust

on

e k

eyw

ord

ca

n h

ave

tr

emen

dou

s p

ower

an

d d

eliv

er a

hu

ge

mes

sag

e.

Stu

dy

Job

An

nou

nce

men

tsTh

is is

th

e b

est

wa

y to

det

erm

ine

imp

orta

nt

key

wor

ds.

Rev

iew

sev

era

l job

an

nou

nce

men

ts a

nd

th

eir

qu

esti

ons

for

you

r id

eal p

osit

ion

. Th

e jo

bs

don

't h

ave

to

be

in y

our

geo

gra

ph

ic t

arg

et a

rea

. Th

e id

ea is

to

fin

d s

kill

s,

exp

erie

nce

, ed

uca

tion

an

d o

ther

cre

den

tia

ls im

por

tan

t in

you

r fi

eld

. You

will

pro

ba

bly

fin

d k

eyw

ord

s fr

equ

entl

y m

enti

oned

by

dif

fere

nt

ag

enci

es. F

ocu

s on

th

e "r

equ

irem

ents

," "

skill

s" o

r "q

ua

lific

ati

ons"

sec

tion

s of

jo

b a

ds,

an

d lo

ok f

or “

bu

zzw

ord

s” a

nd

des

ira

ble

cre

den

tia

ls f

or y

our

idea

l job

.

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A

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Fed

era

l Job

A

pp

lica

tion

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Be

Con

cise

Don

't c

onfu

se t

ellin

g y

our

stor

y w

ith

cre

ati

ng

you

r a

uto

bio

gra

ph

y. R

ecru

iter

s a

re in

un

da

ted

wit

h

ap

plic

ati

ons

an

d a

re f

ace

d w

ith

wee

din

g o

ut

the

goo

d f

rom

th

e b

ad

. Th

e fi

rst

step

invo

lves

qu

ick

ly

skim

min

g t

hro

ug

h s

ub

mis

sion

s a

nd

elim

ina

tin

g c

an

did

ate

s w

ho

clea

rly

are

not

qu

alif

ied

. Th

eref

ore,

you

r a

pp

lica

tion

nee

ds

to p

ass

th

e sk

im t

est.

Loo

k a

t yo

ur

resu

me

an

d/o

r K

SA's

an

d a

sk y

ours

elf:

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an

a h

irin

g m

an

ag

er s

ee m

y m

ain

cre

den

tia

ls w

ith

in 1

0 t

o 15

sec

ond

s?

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oes

crit

ica

l in

form

ati

on ju

mp

off

th

e p

ag

e?

•D

o I e

ffec

tive

ly s

ell m

ysel

f on

th

e to

p q

ua

rter

of

the

firs

t p

ag

e?

The

Sale

s P

itch

Bec

au

se a

pp

lica

tion

s a

re q

uic

kly

sk

imm

ed d

uri

ng

th

e fi

rst

pa

ss, i

t is

cru

cia

l you

r re

sum

e a

nd

KSA

's g

et r

igh

t to

wor

k s

ellin

g y

our

cred

enti

als

. You

r k

ey s

ellin

g p

oint

s n

eed

to

be

pro

min

entl

y d

isp

laye

d a

t th

e to

p o

f th

e fi

rst

pa

ge

of t

he

resu

me

an

d d

irec

tly

ad

dre

ss e

ach

qu

esti

on a

sked

in t

he

KSA

sec

tion

. For

exa

mp

le, i

f a

n

ad

van

ced

deg

ree

is a

n im

por

tan

t q

ua

lific

ati

on, i

t sh

ould

n't

be

bu

ried

at

the

end

of

a f

our-

pa

ge

resu

me.

If a

K

SA q

ues

tion

ask

s a

bou

t yo

ur

wri

tin

g a

bili

ty, i

mm

edia

tely

det

ail

you

r ex

per

ien

ce in

stea

d o

f en

joym

ent

of it

.

Use

an

Ed

itor

's E

yeM

an

y w

ork

ers

are

pro

ud

of

thei

r ca

reer

s a

nd

fee

l th

e in

form

ati

on o

n a

res

um

e sh

ould

ref

lect

eve

ryth

ing

th

ey'v

e a

ccom

plis

hed

. How

ever

, a r

esu

me

shou

ldn

't c

onta

in e

very

det

ail

an

d K

SA's

sh

ould

on

ly a

dd

ress

th

e q

ues

tion

at

ha

nd

. So

be

jud

icio

us.

If y

our

colle

ge

da

ys a

re f

ar

beh

ind

you

, doe

s it

rea

lly m

att

er t

ha

t yo

u

ple

dg

ed a

fra

tern

ity

or d

eliv

ered

piz

za?

The

edit

ing

ste

p w

ill b

e d

iffi

cult

if y

ou a

re h

old

ing

on

to

you

r p

ast

fo

r em

otio

na

l rea

son

s.

Use

Nu

mb

ers

to H

igh

ligh

t Y

our

Acc

omp

lish

men

tsIf

you

wer

e a

rec

ruit

er lo

okin

g a

t a

res

um

e or

an

an

swer

to

a K

SA, w

hich

of

the

follo

win

g e

ntr

ies

wou

ld

imp

ress

you

mor

e:

•W

rote

new

s re

lea

ses.

Wro

te 2

5n

ews

rele

ase

s in

a t

hre

e-w

eek

per

iod

un

der

da

ily d

ead

lines

. C

lea

rly

the

seco

nd

sta

tem

ent

carr

ies

mor

e w

eig

ht.

Wh

y? B

eca

use

it u

ses

num

ber

s to

qu

an

tify

th

e w

rite

r's

acc

omp

lish

men

t, g

ivin

g it

a c

onte

xt t

ha

t h

elp

s th

e in

terv

iew

er u

nd

erst

an

d t

he

deg

ree

of d

iffi

cult

y in

volv

ed

in t

he

task

. Nu

mb

ers

are

pow

erfu

l res

um

e to

ols

tha

t w

ill h

elp

you

r a

ccom

plis

hm

ents

dra

w t

he

att

enti

on

they

des

erve

fro

m p

rosp

ecti

ve e

mp

loye

rs. W

ith

just

a li

ttle

th

oug

ht,

you

ca

n f

ind

eff

ecti

ve w

ays

to

qu

an

tify

yo

ur

succ

esse

s on

you

r re

sum

e.

4

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era

l Job

A

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Thin

k M

oney

For-

pro

fit,

non

pro

fit,

an

d g

over

nm

ent

org

an

iza

tion

s a

like

are

an

d a

lwa

ys w

ill b

e co

nce

rned

ab

out

mon

ey.

So a

s yo

u c

onte

mp

late

you

r a

ccom

plis

hm

ents

an

d p

rep

are

to

pre

sen

t th

em o

n y

our

resu

me

or in

you

r K

SA's

, th

ink

ab

out

wa

ys y

ou'v

e sa

ved

mon

ey, e

arn

ed m

oney

, or

ma

na

ged

mon

ey in

you

r in

tern

ship

s,

pa

rt-t

ime

job

s a

nd

ext

racu

rric

ula

r a

ctiv

itie

s so

fa

r. A

few

pos

sib

iliti

es t

ha

t m

igh

t a

pp

ear

on a

typ

ica

l co

lleg

e st

ud

ent'

s re

sum

e:

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tifi

ed, r

esea

rch

ed a

nd

rec

omm

end

ed a

new

Inte

rnet

Ser

vice

Pro

vid

er, c

utt

ing

th

e co

mp

an

y's

onlin

e co

sts

by

15p

erce

nt.

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te p

rosp

ect

lett

er t

ha

t h

as

bro

ug

ht

in m

ore

tha

n $

25,0

00

in d

ona

tion

s to

da

te.

•Ma

na

ged

a s

tud

ent

org

an

iza

tion

bu

dg

et o

f m

ore

tha

n $

7,0

00

.

Thin

k T

ime

You

've

hea

rd t

he

old

sa

yin

g, "

Tim

e is

mon

ey,"

an

d it

's t

rue.

Com

pa

nie

s a

nd

org

an

iza

tion

s a

re c

onst

an

tly

look

ing

for

wa

ys t

o sa

ve t

ime

an

d d

o th

ing

s m

ore

effi

cien

tly.

Th

ey'r

e a

lso

nec

essa

rily

con

cern

ed a

bou

t m

eeti

ng

dea

dlin

es, b

oth

inte

rna

l an

d e

xter

na

l. So

wh

ate

ver

you

ca

n d

o on

you

r re

sum

e or

in y

our

KSA

's t

o sh

ow t

ha

t yo

u c

an

sa

ve t

ime,

ma

ke

tim

e or

ma

na

ge

tim

e w

ill g

rab

you

r re

ad

er's

imm

edia

te a

tten

tion

. H

ere

are

som

e ti

me-

orie

nte

d e

ntr

ies

tha

t m

igh

t a

pp

ear

on a

typ

ica

l col

leg

e st

ud

ent'

s re

sum

e:

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iste

d w

ith

tw

ice-

mon

thly

pa

yrol

l act

ivit

ies,

en

suri

ng

em

plo

yees

wer

e p

aid

as

exp

ecte

d a

nd

on

tim

e.

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end

ed h

igh

sch

ool b

ask

etb

all

ga

mes

, in

terv

iew

ed p

laye

rs a

nd

coa

ches

aft

erw

ard

, an

d c

omp

osed

750

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ord

art

icle

s b

y a

n 11

p.m

. dea

dlin

e.

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gg

este

d p

roce

du

res

tha

t d

ecre

ase

d a

vera

ge

ord

er-p

roce

ssin

g t

ime

from

10

min

ute

s to

fiv

e m

inu

tes.

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ific

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Qu

alif

yin

g S

tate

men

ts t

o sh

ow

•Wh

o yo

u a

re

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r le

ad

ersh

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bili

ties

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r w

ork

eth

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r p

rob

lem

sol

vin

g a

bili

ties

Giv

e ex

am

ple

s th

at

show

Init

iati

ve: Y

ou s

aw

a p

rob

lem

an

d r

esol

ved

it.

Inn

ova

tion

: You

dev

elop

ed a

new

sys

tem

; use

d s

oftw

are

for

a n

ew p

urp

ose.

Lea

der

ship

: You

men

tore

d le

ss e

xper

ien

ced

em

plo

yees

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ple

xity

: You

exp

erie

nce

d c

ha

llen

gin

g t

imes

on

th

e jo

b.

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e: Y

ou w

ere

invo

lved

in a

va

riet

y of

wor

k t

ha

t co

vere

d m

an

y fu

nct

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al a

rea

s (e

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per

son

nel

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dg

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nfo

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tion

tec

hn

olog

y, e

tc.)

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mw

ork

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wer

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in t

he

tea

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ot t

he

role

of

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tea

m.

Doc

um

ent

cou

rtes

y of

Dr.

Ka

ther

ine

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rris

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era

l Job

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pp

lica

tion

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era

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um

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ork

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seth

isw

ork

shee

ta

sa

gu

ide

for

each

job

an

nou

nce

men

t.P

rin

tou

tth

ejo

ba

nn

oun

cem

ent;

hig

hlig

ht

the

qu

alif

ica

tion

sa

nd

du

ties

req

uir

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QU

ALI

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ATI

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S &

DU

TIE

SM

Y P

RO

OF

Doc

um

ent

cou

rtes

y of

Dr.

Ka

ther

ine

Ha

rris

9

1. R

efin

e yo

ur

sea

rch

-U

se t

he

sea

rch

b

ox t

o a

dd

mor

e sp

ecif

ic d

eta

ils a

bou

t th

e jo

b li

stin

g y

ou a

re lo

okin

g f

or. F

or

exa

mp

le, l

ook

ing

at

com

mu

nic

ati

ons

an

d in

form

ati

on jo

b li

stin

gs

for

the

Air

Fo

rce,

you

ca

n a

dd

"In

form

ati

on

Tech

nol

ogy"

into

th

is s

earc

h b

ox t

o g

ive

you

a b

ette

r lis

tin

g o

f jo

bs

tha

t m

atc

h y

our

qu

alif

ica

tion

s.

12.

Wh

ere

-U

se t

he

wh

ere

box

to

get

a

com

ple

te li

st o

f jo

bs

in

an

d a

rou

nd

th

e ci

ty

you

sel

ecte

d.

You

ca

n

als

o se

arc

h b

y st

ate

or

zip

cod

e.

2

4. J

ob S

um

ma

ry-

Use

th

e Jo

bSu

mm

ary

men

u t

o se

arc

h t

hro

ug

h a

vaila

ble

jo

bs

in s

pec

ific

ca

reer

fi

eld

s, li

ke

acc

oun

tin

g,

bu

dg

et a

nd

fin

an

ce;

bio

log

ica

l sci

ence

s; p

ub

lic

aff

air

s; a

nd

bu

sin

ess,

in

du

stry

, an

d

pro

cure

men

t

3. C

losi

ng

-U

se t

he

Clo

sin

g li

nk

to

pri

orit

ize

job

list

ing

s a

ccor

din

g t

o th

eir

clos

ing

da

tes.

Th

e cl

osin

g d

ate

ref

ers

to

the

da

y th

e va

can

cy

an

nou

nce

men

t w

ill b

e re

mov

ed f

rom

U

SAJO

BS.

Ap

plic

an

ts

will

not

be

ab

le t

o su

bm

it t

hei

r re

sum

es

for

thes

e va

can

cies

a

fter

th

e cl

osin

g d

ate

..

3

5. A

gen

cy -

This

ca

teg

ory

sim

ply

list

s th

e a

gen

cies

wh

o p

oste

d t

he

job

a

nn

oun

cem

ents

. Th

is d

oes

not

mea

n t

he

job

is lo

cate

d a

t th

at

ag

ency

's p

hys

ica

l lo

cati

on. F

or e

xam

ple

, th

e A

ir F

orce

P

erso

nn

el C

ente

r p

osts

ma

ny

job

s th

at

are

loca

ted

at

nu

mer

ous

loca

tion

s th

rou

gh

out

the

Air

For

ce, s

o b

e ca

uti

ous

wh

en u

sin

g t

his

fu

nct

ion

to

fin

d jo

bs

at

loca

tion

s w

her

e th

e a

gen

cy is

h

ead

qu

art

ered

. Th

e A

gen

cy m

enu

cu

rren

tly

lists

U.S

. Air

For

ce s

o ou

r se

arc

h

resu

lts

will

on

ly s

how

ava

ilab

le jo

bs

from

th

is a

gen

cy. S

earc

hin

g b

y su

b a

gen

cy f

or

a jo

b li

stin

g is

not

a r

ecom

men

ded

sea

rch

to

ol.

56. L

oca

tion

-U

se t

he

Loca

tion

lin

k t

o p

rior

itiz

e jo

b li

stin

gs

acc

ord

ing

to

the

job

p

osit

ion

's p

hys

ica

l lo

cati

on. T

he

ph

ysic

al

loca

tion

of

the

job

cou

ld

be

dif

fere

nt

tha

n w

her

e th

e in

itia

l ag

ency

wh

o p

oste

d t

he

vaca

ncy

a

nn

oun

cem

ent

resi

des

.

64

7. S

ala

ry-

Use

th

e Sa

lary

lin

k t

o p

rior

itiz

e jo

b li

stin

gs

acc

ord

ing

to

the

sala

ry f

or e

ach

va

can

cy

an

nou

nce

men

t.

7

8.U

.S. C

itiz

enor

Sta

tus

Job

s-

Wh

en p

osti

ng

jo

bs,

ag

enci

es m

ay

opt

to a

ccep

t a

pp

lica

tion

s fr

om a

ll U

.S. c

itiz

ens

or

they

ma

y re

stri

ct "

wh

o ca

n a

pp

ly"

to s

tatu

s ca

nd

ida

tes

an

d o

ther

el

igib

les,

incl

ud

ing

:

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ou A

dd

ed -

The

pu

rpos

e of

th

is

are

a is

to

list

the

sea

rch

cri

teri

a y

ou

sele

cted

. •If

you

wou

ld li

ke

to d

elet

e a

ny

of

you

r se

arc

h c

rite

ria

, clic

k o

n e

ith

er

the

"Rem

ove"

lin

k o

r th

e re

d "

X"

nex

t to

it. Y

our

sea

rch

res

ult

s w

ill r

efre

sh

au

tom

ati

cally

. •If

you

wou

ld li

ke

to d

elet

e a

ll of

yo

ur

sea

rch

cri

teri

a, c

lick

th

e "C

lea

r A

ll A

nd

Sta

rt N

ew S

earc

h"

link

. Th

e se

arc

h r

esu

lts

will

au

tom

ati

cally

d

isp

lay

the

firs

t 5,

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0 o

pen

job

p

osti

ng

s

10

10.S

ala

ry-

Use

th

e Sa

lary

men

u t

o se

lect

pa

y ra

ng

e or

sa

lary

you

wou

ld li

ke.

Th

e a

ctu

al s

ala

ry a

n a

gen

cy o

ffer

s w

ill b

e d

epen

den

t on

you

r q

ua

lific

ati

ons.

Th

e g

ener

al

qu

alif

ica

tion

s n

eed

ed t

o re

ceiv

e a

sp

ecif

ic p

ay

ran

ge

(an

d

equ

iva

len

t G

S g

rad

e) a

re s

how

n b

y th

e sa

lary

.

11.G

rad

e-

An

nou

nce

men

ts a

re a

lso

cla

ssif

ied

by

the

Fed

era

l Gov

ern

men

t's

Gen

era

l Sch

edu

le (

GS)

pa

y sc

ale

. As

a r

esu

lt, a

nn

oun

cem

ents

usu

ally

pro

vid

e th

e sa

lary

as

wel

l a

s th

eir

GS

equ

iva

len

ts. T

o se

arc

h f

or p

osit

ion

s b

y G

S G

rad

e Le

vel,

spec

ify

a lo

w a

nd

hig

h G

S le

vel u

sin

g t

he

pro

vid

ed

dro

p-d

own

list

s. F

or e

xam

ple

: To

sea

rch

for

pos

itio

ns

tha

t fa

ll w

ith

in t

he

GS-

9 a

nd

GS-

12 le

vels

, sel

ect

9 (

as

the

low

) a

nd

12 (

as

the

hig

h)

valu

es.

12. O

ccu

pa

tion

-Fe

der

al o

ccu

pa

tion

s a

re g

rou

ped

into

se

ries

th

at

are

giv

en a

nu

mer

ica

l cod

e fo

r id

enti

fica

tion

. Th

is s

earc

h a

llow

s yo

u t

o se

arc

h b

y th

at

cod

e. T

he

Gen

era

l Sc

hed

ule

is t

he

ba

sic

cla

ssif

ica

tion

an

d c

omp

ensa

tion

sy

stem

for

wh

ite

colla

r oc

cup

ati

ons

in t

he

Fed

era

l G

over

nm

ent

as

esta

blis

hed

by

cha

pte

r 51

of

titl

e 5,

Un

ited

St

ate

s C

ode.

13. A

gen

cies

-Se

lect

Ag

enci

es b

y cl

ick

ing

insi

de

the

Ag

ency

Sea

rch

box

, scr

ollin

g t

hro

ug

h t

he

sele

ctio

ns,

an

d c

lick

ing

on

you

r ch

oice

s. T

he

Ag

ency

sel

ecti

on a

llow

s yo

u t

o ch

oose

to

view

job

s fo

r on

ly t

he

Ag

enci

es f

or w

hic

h y

ou w

an

t to

wor

k. I

f yo

u h

ave

no

Ag

ency

pre

fere

nce

, you

ca

n c

hoo

se S

elec

t A

ll. If

you

're

un

sure

of

wh

ich

Key

wor

ds

to u

se t

o d

escr

ibe

you

r Jo

b, y

ou c

an

use

th

e A

gen

cy b

ox t

o sh

ow a

ll th

e Jo

bs

in s

elec

ted

occ

up

ati

ons.

On

ce o

n t

he

sea

rch

res

ult

sp

ag

e, y

ou c

an

th

en u

se K

eyw

ord

s to

re

fin

e th

ese

resu

lts

to f

ind

th

e ty

pes

of

Job

you

are

look

ing

for

. For

mu

ltip

le s

elec

tion

s, h

old

dow

n t

he

CTR

Lk

ey (

the

Com

ma

nd

key

for

Ma

cs)

wh

ile c

lick

ing

sel

ecti

ons.

14. P

osti

ng

Da

te-

You

r lis

t of

ma

tch

ing

Job

s ca

n e

ith

er b

e so

rted

by

da

te p

oste

d.

15. W

ork

Sch

edu

le-

Use

th

e W

ork

Sch

edu

le m

enu

to

sea

rch

th

rou

gh

job

list

ing

s b

y p

art

tim

e, f

ull

tim

e, s

hif

t w

ork

, or

oth

er s

ched

ulin

g o

pti

ons.

16. E

xclu

de

Thes

e-

Sort

pos

itio

ns

tha

t a

re lo

cate

d n

ati

onw

ide

or jo

bs

tha

t h

ave

bee

n a

vaila

ble

lon

ger

th

an

30

da

ys.

17. R

SS F

eed

-A

n R

SS f

eed

is a

su

mm

ary

of

web

con

ten

t th

at

is u

pd

ate

d o

n a

reg

ula

r b

asi

s. It

allo

ws

use

rs t

o b

e u

pd

ate

d o

n c

onte

nt

cha

ng

es t

o a

web

sit

e. F

eed

s h

elp

w

eb s

ites

ma

ke

con

ten

t m

ore

acc

essi

ble

an

d t

hey

allo

w u

sers

to

easi

ly v

iew

new

con

ten

t.

Fed

era

l Job

A

pp

lica

tion

sTo

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ox

11

Each

Ca

reer

Cen

ter

fea

ture

sa

self

-ser

vice

reso

urc

ero

omw

ith

ever

yth

ing

need

edfo

ra

succ

essf

ulj

obse

arc

h.H

ere

job

seek

ers

will

find

up

-to-

da

tejo

bp

osti

ng

s,a

cces

sto

com

pu

ters

and

the

Inte

rnet

,re

sum

e-w

riti

ng

soft

wa

re,

cop

iers

,p

rint

ers

and

tele

ph

ones

.Th

eyca

ncr

eate

are

sum

e,p

rin

tit

an

dfa

xit

top

oten

tia

lem

plo

yers

.

Wh

at

is t

he

dif

fere

nce

bet

wee

n "

Pu

blic

" a

nd

"C

an

did

ate

s w

ith

Sta

tus?

"

Job

an

nou

nce

men

ts t

ha

t lis

t "P

ub

lic"

in t

he

"Wh

o M

ay

Ap

ply

" lin

e a

re o

pen

to

an

yon

e w

ho

is a

Un

ited

St

ate

s ci

tize

n. J

ob a

nn

oun

cem

ents

th

at

list

"Sta

tus

Ca

nd

ida

te"

in t

he

"Wh

o M

ay

Ap

ply

" lin

e in

dic

ate

th

at

the

ap

plic

an

t m

ust

mee

t ce

rta

in c

rite

ria

, or

"sta

tus.

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n in

div

idu

al i

s co

nsi

der

ed t

o h

ave

"st

atu

s" w

hen

th

ey q

ua

lify

for

one

or m

ore

ap

poi

ntm

ent

elig

ibili

ty.

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elig

ibili

ty r

equ

irem

ents

for

PU

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tern

al a

pp

lica

nts

or

can

did

ate

s a

re r

efer

red

to

as

Gen

era

l P

ub

lic E

mp

loym

ent

Ca

teg

orie

s, a

nd

are

def

ined

bel

ow.

Del

egat

ed E

xam

inin

g A

utho

rity

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y a

pp

lica

nt

wh

o is

a U

.S. c

itiz

en a

nd

18

yea

rs o

f a

ge,

or

wh

o is

a h

igh

sc

hoo

l gra

du

ate

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yea

rs o

ld o

r ol

der

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Mili

tary

Sp

ouse

Pre

fere

nce:

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se o

f a

n a

ctiv

e d

uty

mili

tary

mem

ber

wh

o a

ccom

pa

nie

s th

e a

ctiv

e d

uty

m

emb

er o

n a

per

ma

nen

t ch

ang

e of

du

ty s

tati

on m

ove.

Fo

r m

ore

info

rma

tion

on

hir

ing

au

thor

itie

s, v

isit

AFP

C's

Pu

blic

Web

sit

e a

nd

OP

M's

La

ws,

Reg

ula

tion

s a

nd

Oth

er G

uid

an

ce .

Ca

nd

ida

tes

wit

h S

TATU

S(o

r co

mp

etit

ive)

ext

ern

al a

pp

lica

nts

or

can

did

ate

s a

re d

efin

ed b

elow

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urr

ent

per

ma

nen

t D

oDem

plo

yee

(exc

lud

ing

Air

For

ce):

Ind

ivid

ua

l mu

st b

e cu

rren

tly

emp

loye

d w

ith

th

e fe

der

al g

over

nm

ent

or h

ave

less

th

an

a t

hre

e ye

ar

bre

ak

in f

eder

al e

mp

loym

ent.

Rei

nst

ate

men

t : A

for

mer

ca

reer

-con

dit

ion

al f

eder

al c

ivil

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