Postal Form 991 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

This application provides the evaluator a summary of your education, work experience, and capabilities that pertain to the vacant position to which you are applying. List your education or training and work experience in the spaces provided. Number your entries consecutively in the Reference No. columns, e.g., education or training 1-6, postal positions 7-10.

The vacancy announcement to which you are responding lists the job requirements. In this application, you provide your qualifications as they apply to those requirements.

Your statement of qualification should include a demonstration of the required knowledge, skill, or ability. All of the requirements in the vacancy announcement should be addressed. If you do not address each requirement, you will have an incomplete application. This may cause you to be found unqualified.

Read each of the requirements listed on the vacancy announcement. Consider carefully your achievements which demonstrate the specified requirement. An achievement may be either a specific instance or sustained high performance over a period of time. These achievements may have occurred in all kinds of settings, e.g., paid work in the Postal Service or any other organization, volunteer work, education, training activities. For each requirement, try to give several examples of achievements that demonstrate you have the knowledge, skill, or ability being addressed. We recommend describing achievements by (1) telling of a situation or task which needed to be done; (2) stating what action you took; and (3) describing the result of that action. Be sure it is clear to the evaluator that:

1.What you are describing demonstrates the requirement.

2.The situation, action, and result are fully described.

3.You were in some way responsible for the result.

4.If you displayed initiative or innovation, you have shown this.

If your achievement was the acquisition of education or training, then your achievement description should indicate the following:

1.What you learned and how that learning relates to the knowledge, skill, or ability specified in the requirement.

2.Details or nature of the course, e.g., topics covered, level of complexity.

3.Evidence of the quality of your performance in the course, if available. Simply mentioning that you took a course will not show you gained any knowledge from it.

4.Any application of what you learned.

The content of your description is more important than your writing style. You must communicate to the evaluator how you have demonstrated the requirement. Be specific about what you did. Saying that you possess a requirement is not an adequate description.

When you write your achievement descriptions, you should assume that the evaluator does not know anything about you. After each achievement description, indicate the reference person(s) who could verify your achievements. Your supervisor may also be contacted to verify any work- related statements you write. Indicate for each achievement the reference number of your education or training, or work experience connected to your achievements.

Ref. No.

Date (Mo./Yr.)

From To

Name of Educational Institution

(Address Not Required)

Major Fields of Study

No. of Credits (Hours)

Semester Quarter

Type of Degree

Date

Ref. No.

High School

Course Name

Postal Positions

List permanent positions first, then temporary/detail assignments of 30 or more consecutive days. List in reverse chronological order. Use additional space on page 2, if necessary.

Nonpostal Positions

List permanent positions first, then temporary/detail assignments of 30 or more consecutive days. List in reverse chronological order. Use additional space below, if necessary.

Signature of Employee/Applicant

Date