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Applying for Jobs - Required Documents

The documents needed for this position depend upon how you are applying.  Please refer to the following chart when determining the documents required.

If you are applying as....
Then you must submit....
 A current federal employee in a permanent, competitive, career/career-conditional position.  This does not apply to the time limited or excepted service appointments (i.e., term, temporary, student, post doctoral, etc.)
 Current SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action)
 A former federal employee eligible for reinstatement

 

Information regarding reinstatement eligibility can be found at:  http://www.usajobs.gov/El/reinstatementeligibility.asp#icc

 Most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action)
 A candidate with military service  DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty)
 A candidate with military service AND a service connected disability  DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty)

SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans' Preference)

VA Letter stating that you have either:

  • a compensable service-connected disability rating 30% or more disabled, or
  • a compensable service-connected disability rating of at least 10% but less than 30%
 A candidate eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)
 RIF Notice

SF-50(Notification of Personnel Action)

Most recent performance plan with rating

 A candidate with higher level education (college/university)
 All transcripts (unofficial* or official)

 

*If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

 A candidate with foreign education

 

Please refer to the section on Special Instructions for Foreign Education in the vacancy announcement.

 Transcripts along with a copy of the letter (from an accredited private organization) containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing.
 A disabled individual eligible for a Schedule A appointment

 

For more information regarding Schedule A Appointments, please refer to the following website:  http://www.usajobs.gov/individualswithdisabilities.asp

Documentation issued from a licensed medical professional; a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist; or any Federal agency, State agency, or an agency of the District of Columbia or a US territory that issues or provides disability benefits.

 

The documentation must be signed, on official letterhead, and certify that the applicant is an individual with a severe physical, intellectual, or psychological disability that qualifies him/her for consideration under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u), Schedule A hiring authority, appointment for Persons with Disabilities.