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5 Ways to “Demystify a Federal Vacancy Announcement”

March 20, 2019 by Adelle Dantzler

One of the reasons that job seekers don’t apply to federal positions is the complexity of the vacancy announcement. When I conduct FREE résumé consults, I discuss how the potential client’s qualification for a federal position is based on these five areas of a federal vacancy announcement. The best way to “demystify a federal vacancy announcement” is to carefully review these five things FIRST.

  1. This Job is Open To – There are at least 15 groups (open to the public, federal employees-competitive service, federal employees – excepted service, internal to an agency, veterans, etc.) or a combination of these groups that you must be in to be considered for a vacancy.
  2. Open & closing dates – This is the date in which the job was posted and the final day you can apply to be considered. The last time to apply is usually 11:59 p.m. ET. A vacancy may also mention it will close when the agency receives a certain number of applications.
  3. Qualifications – This is minimum education or experience requirements for eligible applicants or a link to the Office of Personnel Management site for qualification standards. You must have the specific requirements (“one year equivalent to . . .”) or a combination.
  4. How You Will Be Evaluated – This often contains a list of competencies you must possess and/or a link to an occupational questionnaire. You must clearly demonstrate these competencies and your responses on the occupational questionnaire in your résumé.
  5. How to Apply – This is a detailed list of everything required to apply for this position (transcripts, performance appraisals, link to an occupational questionnaire, etc.) or it may contain a list of steps and tips to correctly apply for the position.

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About Adelle Dantzler

As an experienced instructional designer, leadership facilitator, and Certified Federal Job Search Trainer/Career Coach (CFJST/CFCC), Adelle knows exactly how to collaborate with clients to gather their information, determine their learning or career development need, demystify and guide them through the process to develop innovative, customized, and engaging training or career advancement plans and job search documents to reach their learning and performance potential.

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