Have you worked with them in the past?only thing holding me back is the thought of having to work with the ATF
Ah. Good to know.Met a few. All Dbags. Don't really trust anyone whose job it is to hunt Americans of their firearms
Everything in their agency's name is what you need for a good party, and they bust balls over all of them? Party poopers!
Looking forward to applying for Health System Specialist job at the VA or DoD next year. This thread looks like a good place to start, I was told to put keywords like "expert" into the questions and resume for particular KSAs because they are filtered through software before a person ever looks at them.
Anyone else have any input on this?
Here are my bonafides...I am a GS 12, Senior Land Surveyor for a bureau in the Department of the Interior...I do not nor have I had hiring authority...but let me say this about that...until my supervisor retired from 19th Group, I was responsible for screening prospective applicants while he was off on JCETs. While I didn't hire anyone, I had the authority to eliminate prospective candidates, which I did with a good deal of regularity. At any rate, the advice on parroting the requirements listed in the position description is spot on...that is one of the requirements to making the certification (a document the hiring manager receives after the applications have been screened by the HR folks). As far as claiming expert abilities goes, I guess it depends on the hiring manager. If someone states they are an expert a resolving boundary issues but their resume shows no experience working as a land surveyor, I am very tempted to set their application aside, especially if their transcripts do not reflect any related course work. If provided to me, I will review the DD214 to see if there's relevant military experience (I assume a mortar maggot or cannon cocker has a little more than rudimentary map, compass and equipment skills) and determine if the candidate can be trained at an entry level.Anyone else have any input on this?
Hard to say. The government moves in strange and mysterious ways...I applied in October, was interviewed in March, hired in May and had a competing offer from another bureau in August...I applied for a position early Feb and interviewed mid March. I'm assuming the stop movement is holding things up a bit.
I would. Education can be pretty deceptive and in those cases, the resume can help. We get people who are considered qualified by education because they've taken survey classes...Survey of English Literature, Survey of Humanities, Survey of Etc...the software that is used to screen the input data doesn't logically see that those courses have nothing to do with land surveying...Thanks for the input Since I will be applying for a job posted based off education (next year), not experience, will my resume still need to be tailored the same way?
That is unsat. And as someone who does quite a bit of hiring myself, I am often disappointed by how shortsighted some candidates are. It’s a small electronic world, too small to be burning bridges.The worst culprits have been prior service members too, specifically Marines.