Federal Job Search Skills you should know

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Federal Job Search Skillsyou should know!

• Background Information and Definitions
• Finding Vacancy Announcements
• Reading Vacancy Announcements
• Writing Federal Success Statements ? P A R S ?
• Researching Federal Success Statements
• Your federal résumé (using RESUMIX)
• Applying, and follow-up actions
• Frequently Asked Questions and Wrap-up

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Uncle Jons advice Use the skills (verb-noun
sets) from the duty description and
qualifications blocks of the vacancy
announcement, and add your TIME and How Well
RESULTS to the skills!!

• OK, Uncle Jon
• What if I do not have a Vacancy Announcement
  YET ???
• Where can I research more about the SKILLS
  beyond the announcements duties and
  qualifications ???

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Fully Automated Systemfor ClassificationFASCLASS
http//cpol.army.mil
Research

• References Tools
• CPOL Top Pages
• FASCLASS
• Upper left of screen under the words FASCLASS,
  select SEARCH
• Use CAREER SERIES, GRADE and INSTALLATION to
  search for position descriptions

Job Location Money
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CPOL Home Page References Tools
CPOL Top Pages Tools FASCLASS
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Job Location Money
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FASCLASS Position Description states
You write your P A R S
Served as a temporary Team Leader for over 12
months and successfully managed the overall
efficiency of the procurement team of 5 people
organized along functional lines. Developed
plans of action and established priorities for
those 12 months, resulting in our team receiving
a letter of appreciation.
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Equipment Installer WG-5301-05 Notional use of
FASCLASS job description to guide you in
developing your success statements for work you
actually accomplished
Over the last year I received and exactly
followed specific instructions in writing and
verbally. Located and quickly repaired broken,
worn, damaged and poorly operating wiring,
fixtures and equipment, resulting in vehicles,
shelters and equipment ready to use. My best
example is ___
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Fully Automated Systemfor ClassificationFASCLASS
http//cpol.army.mil
Research

• References Tools
• CPOL Top Pages
• FASCLASS
• Upper left of screen under the words FASCLASS,
  select SEARCH
• Use CAREER SERIES, GRADE and INSTALLATION to
  search for position descriptions

Job Location Money
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Classification Instructionsfrom theOffice of
Personnel Management (OPM)
http// www. opm. gov
Use the QUICK INDEX Button
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OPMs QUICK INDEX
Job Search
Veterans
Classification
Forms (e.g. OF 612 or SF 15)
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Federal Classification Systems
General Schedule(GS) Salaried Positions
Federal Wage Grade (WG) System Hourly Positions
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GS
WG
FWS Job Grading Standards
Scroll Down past the icons to the standards
hot buttons
GS Position Classification Standards
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GS
Click on the Series Grouping Number for your
target series or scroll down through all of
the position descriptions
WG
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You can select the grading instructions you
desire and open, read and save them as Adobe
Acrobat Reader (.pdf) files
Here are the classification standards!
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Here is a freebieDo you want the equivalent
job descriptions for the private sector?
The Department of Labor (DoL)Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) Dictionary of Occupational
Titles (DOT) on the Web ONET http// online.
onetcenter. org