Your Resume or Application

Here's what your resume or application must contain: (in addition to specific information requested in the job vacancy announcement)

Job Information

• Announcement number
• Title
• Grade(s) of the job you are applying for.

• Full name, mailing address (with ZIP Code) and day and evening phone numbers (with area code)
• Country of citizenship (Most Federal jobs require United States citizenship.)
• Veteran's Preference
• Reinstatement eligibility (If requested, attach SF-50 proof of your career or career-conditional status.)
• Highest Federal civilian grade held (Also give job series and dates held.)

• High School
• Name, city and state (ZIP code, if known) Date of diploma or GED
• Colleges or Universities
• Name, city and state (ZIP code, if known) Majors: Type and year of any degrees received (If no degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours.)
• Send a copy of your college transcript only if the job vacancy announcement requests it.

• Give the following information for your paid and non-paid work experience related to the job you are looking for. (Do not send job descriptions.)
  • Job Title (include series and grade if Federal job.)
  • Duties and accomplishments
  • Employer's name and address
  • Supervisor's name and phone number
  • Starting and ending dates (month and year) Hours per week
  • Salary
• Indicate if we may contact your current supervisor Other Qualifications
  • Job Related training courses (title and year)
  • Job Related skills, for example, other languages, computer software/hardware, tools, machinery, typing speed.
  • Job Related certificates and licences (current only).
  • Job Related honors, awards, and special accomplishments, for example, publications, memberships in professional or honor societies, leadership activities, public speaking and performance awards (Give dates but do not send documents unless requested.)