The Federal Resume
Part Three: Supplemental Information

Resumes submitted to certain agencies without supplemental information will be rejected. Supplemental information may differ from agency to agency. You must carefully follow agency directives in providing this information, which should be submitted on a separate sheet of 8.5" x 11" white bond paper, printed on one side.

The following requirements are reprinted from the Human Resources Service Center Web site.

If the information does not apply to you, please respond with "N/A." At the top of the page, repeat your Name and Social Security Number for identification purposes (do not repeat if submitting your resume via e-mail).

• VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER (if applicable)
• CURRENT/FORMER FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES:
  • Type of appointment (i.e., career, career-conditional, temporary, term, indefinite)
  • Type of position occupied: Competitive Service; Excepted Service
  • Highest permanent grade held (include pay plan and dates held, from month/year to month/year).
• MILITARY SERVICE AND VETERANS' PREFERENCE:
  • Discharged from the military service under honorable conditions: No/Yes
  • List dates and branch for all active duty military service. If all your active military duty was after October 14, 1976, list the full names and dates of all campaign badges or expeditionary medals you received or were entitled to receive.
  • Retired Military: No/Yes
  • Rank at which Retired
  • Date of Retirement
• If claiming Veterans' Preference, indicate eligibility: 5 Point; 10 Point/Disability; 10 Point/Compensable; 10 Point/Other; or 10 Point/Compensably Disabled, 30% or more.
• If you are claiming 10 Point Preference, you are required to provide documentation at the time of application to verify eligibility, e.g., DD-214(s) (Member-4 Copy), Application for 10 point Veterans' Preference (SF-15), and supporting documentation listed on the reverse of the SF-15.
• If you are sending your resume or self-nomination via electronic means, you must mail in required documentation separately. Be sure to include the vacancy announcement number you are applying for.

REMEMBER: MAIL COPIES, NOT ORIGINALS.

In all cases, it is best to review agency requirements carefully before submitting a resume. You can find specific branch requirements at the sites listed below.

• Air Force, DoD/OPM
• Defense Finance
• Army
• NASA
• Navy
• Marines