I applied to the computer analyst/programmer associate position I attached a document for my KSAs and I also put them in my education and job experience. Is there a specific place that I should put them or should I do both? Because I have a small typo in my document that I just found would that get me disqualified?
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Attachments won’t get read, and if you submit the application without the KSAs in the ‘summary of accomplishments’ section, it’ll get rejected right away.
Typos won’t disqualify you, but make sure when you enter the KSAs you preview the application before submitting it to make sure the entire thing fit in the space. If you write too much, it will get cut off, and that will also disqualify you as you didn’t answer all the KSAs.
Should I number which one I am answering?
You don’t need to number them, but absolutely use punctuation and spaces between answers. I cannot even begin to express how many times I’ve been on a selecting committee and have seen responses that are a giant block of text. Maybe they answered all the KSAs correctly and well, but I’m not putting someone forward that sends in an application like that.
I don’t know what the KSAs are for that position, but it’s not a bad idea to put the title ‘planning and scheduling’ ‘budget operations’ etc, and then answer it. Like I said, preview the final result to make sure it all fits in the space provided for the responses. You want to make sure they’re all in there.
Ok thank you for the info I’ve spaced them out and I see the preview it all fits. I’ve also used the star method. Since you’ve been on a selection committee could I DM you and ask more about the process?
Sure thing