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The New SES Application, 2nd Edition
The Starting Point: Your Top 10 List of Accomplishments
The entire SES ECQ Writing Service will begin with your Top 10 List of Accomplishments (that you MUST draft) and/or your own first draft of your ECQs if available. Our book, The New SES Application has 3 samples of Top Ten Lists for SES Candidates.
Why struggle on your own to write your Senior Executive Service application? Use a clear step-by-step method that was refined over 10 years in author Kathryn Troutman’s 2-day SES workshops, and proven to work hundreds of times in the classroom. Along the way, you’ll find excellent “before and after” samples of the application pieces. Includes the key steps involved in developing the SES application: writing the ECQs, TQs, Five-Page SES Federal Resume, and Executive Cover Letter (if needed), as well as using the required Challenge-Context-Action-Results (CCAR) format for SES narratives.
Other Top Features of the Guide include:
- Written and organized with the busy executive in mind.
- Presents a fabulous step-by-step formula for preparing the SES application refined over 10 years of workshops and work with hundreds of applicants.
- An overview of the Senior Executive Service application process, including where to find vacancies, SES salary information, and an explanation of the various types of qualifications you’ll need to meet to be successful.
- The Leadership Journey graphic allows you to do a visual check of whether or not you’re at the SES level.
- How to adapt the Accomplishments into the required Executive Core Competencies (ECQs) narratives and make sure that you are covering all the required areas.
- Two outstanding SES case studies in the book give you samples for the Executive Cover Letter, 5-Page SES Federal Resume (Paper and USAJOBS), Top 10 List of Accomplishments, Technical Qualifications, selected ECQs, and CCAR Format Accomplishments.
- The Lessons Learned chapter covers the reasons OPM rejects ECQ statements* based on actual rejection letters.
- Clear explanation of the process of being interviewed and assessed for an SES position.
- Instructions on how to prepare effectively for the SES structured interviews and answering behavior-based interview questions.
All the steps involved in applying for the Senior Executive Service are covered in
The New SES Application, 2nd Edition.
*Note: As part of our Professional Consulting and Editing Services, The Resume Place is often asked to rewrite ECQs that have been rejected by the Office of Personnel Management. We have a superb record of rewriting the ECQs so they will pass.
We also offer Part- or Full-Service SES Writing. Want to learn more? Click here.
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Anonymous –
This is definitely the book to get if you need to build or buff up a resume for a federal job!
Anonymous –
If you are posting resumes on USA Jobs without consulting any of Kathryn Troutman’s books, you’re wrong. I have reviewed thousands of resumes for hundreds of vacancies in my 30 years of federal service. The majority of resumes I receive are horrible, and a waste of my time as a hiring official. Many applicants still use formats abandoned decades ago. I can narrow down 150 applicants to 10 interviews in less than an hour just based on resume format and content. The expectations for GS-5 through GS-15 resumes are slowly migrating to the SES requirements of a 5-page resume based on the ECQs using CCAR paragraphs. If you have been applying for government jobs without success and do not understand that last sentence, then this book will solve your problem.
Anonymous –
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
Useful information that will serve as a good desk side reference if you advise others or prepare resumes. I like how the author demystifies some of the myths and unknown regarding federal employment and how the Government evaluates resumes.
Informative but lacking in a broader range of labor categories. Structure was a bit complicated to follow and seemed a bit unorganized with different formats appearing without sufficient context to provide practical application while writing or revising a complete resume.
I would expect a focus on each part of the resume with step by step instructions for each, contextual examples by labor category, and stick to one method of presenting the resume information.
Anonymous –
I purchased this to help update my resume and it worked. One month after updating my resume I was offered a new job/position.
Anonymous –
I began using the same standards when I was asked to assist human resources in reviewing resumes. Since then, I have had a 95% referral success rate and usually get an interview.
Anonymous –
What else is there to say besides hired!!! 😁
Easy to follow with great illustrations. A must how to book for government job seekers. A+
Anonymous –
I hired Kathyrn Troutman from ResumePlace.com to help improve my resume and interview skills for a higher-level government position. Kathyrn recommended that I should review the federal resume guidebook as an example to help improve my resume and guidance to help promote myself in the transition to a higher-paying position. The book contained a lot of examples from job title to accomplishments to organized structure in the resume.
As a Schedule applicant in applying for the federal government position, it can be difficult but possible with the right skill sets and using its example from the book to provide a strong professional resume to present to hiring managers. In the course of 6 months, I have received 20 referred out of 35 applications that I have applied. 5 out of the referred were interviews and 2 out of the interviews were job offer. In the federal government, it takes a lot of time to process and one must be very patient to follow through.
The federal resume guidebook is an excellent book to help follow through in the hiring process and getting a successful job position in the federal government.
Anonymous –
The book guides you through the steps to identify critical key words and integrate them into your duty/responsibility and accomplishment statements. The sample resumes are very helpful and make it straightforward to adapt the format and structure into your resume, provided you are willing to put in the time and effort to write the resume you deserve.
The book is an excellent value and will serve as a valuable reference throughout your career.
Anonymous –
This is a great resource to have when composing a Federal Resume. As an IT Security Specialist, I found the sample IT resume for a IT specialist (INFOSEC) outstanding. It reads well and things are easy to find to see how the candidate meets all the requirements. I particularly like the capitalized key words from the job announcement and the details coming afterward. I highly recommend this book to assist with building your Federal Resume. Also the tools on the web site are very helpful:
Anonymous –
Great tips! A Federal resume is so different from any others. I had originally borrowed this book from my library. I used it to write my resume and finally landed a government job! I truly think using this book helped me and I feel that using their format for listing significant accomplishments was the edge I
Anonymous –
I write resumes and need to keep up-to-date on various trends, so this book is a great resource. Kathryn Troutman is well-known in the Federal resume community and knows how to write quality Federal resumes. This book will help anyone who is applying for a federal job.