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The veterans’ hiring pathway offers accelerated, direct routes into federal employment by matching your military experience with critical civilian roles. These special authorities bypass the traditional, lengthy application process to get your resume straight to hiring managers.
The core hiring paths and authorities are:
To qualify, you must be a former service member with an honorable character of service and a qualifying period or condition of service.
You must have U.S. citizenship, or be a U.S. non-citizen national (a resident of American Samoa or Swain Island) to apply.
Please read the entire job announcement for any additional requirements.
Include an updated federal resume along with your application. Your resume should speak to the duties and specialized experience sections of the job announcement, and should not be longer than two pages. As a veteran, you must also include:
Please review the entire job announcement for all required documentation as it may have more requirements than described here.
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Learn about the Veterans hiring path on USAJOBS.
Use the following USAJOBS links to find open positions with us, listed by GS level, if any are available.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2023 and 09/30/2026.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
U.S. General Services Administration