Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed.
Ten Steps to a Federal Job®
Kathryn Troutman, Author
Featuring the Outline Format Federal Resume
Number 1 Resume book in America!
Reddit Review: 9/18/24: “The best resource I’ve found is this book: Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed. By Kathryn Troutman. I spent a week using this as a guide and I’m going through the resources it offered to write my resume. It also gives you tips on how to use the job announcements to help write you resume and using OPM resources as well.
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The ultimate goal of the Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th is to help you get BEST QUALIFIED for a target position! And …
- If you are Best Qualified… you might get REFERRED to a manager.
- If you are REFERRED … you might get INTERVIEWED.
- The book includes tips on the Behavior-Based Interview format. If you are INTERVIEWED, YOU COULD BE SELECTED!
The Federal Resume Guidebook is the ultimate guide for writing the correct, compliant Federal resume that follows OPM instruction and the USAJOBS announcements requirements:
17 FEDERAL RESUME SAMPLES IN THE OUTLINE FORMAT, WG-6 to GS-14 20 KEYWORD SETS FOR THE OUTLINE FORMAT FEDERAL RESUME
20+ ACCOMPLISHMENT STORIES
USAJOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND KEYWORDS: The book includes the information you need to know about the USAJOBS announcement. How to read the announcement for the critical keywords that MUST be added into your federal resume.
OUTLINE FORMAT FEDERAL RESUME: The keywords from the announcement are added into the federal resume in ALL CAPS, so that the keywords stand out for the “human” Human Resources Specialists. See the 17 samples of “job blocks” for your federal resume.
LENGTH: On average a federal resume is 5 pages! Many agency announcements will state that the HR specialists will not read anything past 5 pages. Learn how to emphasize the most recent ten years with your Work History and edit the previous positions to stay within 5 pages.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: If you include accomplishments that demonstrate your excellent service and achievement in your last positions (20 samples in this book)… you could get REFERRED TO A SUPERVISOR. Maybe you could get invited to the INTERVIEW. The accomplishments stand out!
BEFORE AND AFTER JOB DESCRIPTIONS: The four before and after samples are dramatic and show you EXACTLY how to write your work history with ALL CAP KEYWORDS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
BEST IT SPECIALIST FEDERAL RESUME FORMAT FOR GOVERNMENT: An entire chapter on IT Specialist federal resumes. This format works for all IT Specialists, Intel, Data Scientist and other positions that are highly technical. Samples of technical skills, programs, databases, software.
FBI Special Agent: Successful sample of the unique competency-based Federal resume.
STUDENT / NEW GRAD RESUME: See the format with EDUCATION FIRST. And more details about education, courses, papers, projects, internships. Average 3 pages.
WAGE GRADE FEDERAL RESUME: Sample of Wage Grade federal resumes targeting the core competencies and specific technical skills and equipment required for the job.
Create a Digital Federal Career Library with Kathryn Troutman’s Federal Resume Guidebooks!
If you are a mentor, coach, employment specialist, have a copy of all of the Federal career books available to refer to for format samples,
The sample Outline Format Federal resumes can help you with your own Federal Resume format, length, accomplishment writing to help you get BEST QUALIFIED for your federal application.
Digital Book Rules:
- You will have access to the eBook for 5 years
- The eBook is accessible on 3 devices or 3 browsers
- With our eBook platform you can:
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- Add notes for your favorite pages for future reference
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- Create screenshots of the copyright material
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THERE is a watermark at the bottom of each page with your name in the watermark.
If you are an instructor or employment coach, it is extremely helpful for the Federal jobseekers to have access to samples of Federal resumes. A print book in hand can show the jobseeker the best Outline Format federal resume. With our new digital book platform, we can provide bulk orders for eBooks with a code for each book access.
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We will quickly prepare an invoice and estimate and send to you for your consideration. Government agencies are tax-free. Resume Place, Inc. can provide W-9 or 889 for all book purchases.
Expert Federal Resume Consultation / Review: After you write your draft Federal Resume in the OUTLINE FORMAT, you could consider
We will review:
Announcement: keywords, specialized experience, questionnaire
Federal Resume: Tell you if the format, organization, keywords, accomplishments are visible for the “human” Human Resources Reviewers. SIGN UP AND PAY HERE
MORE FEDERAL RESUME BOOKS FOR YOUR FEDERAL CAREER LIBRARY:
After you review the sample Outline Format Federal resumes in the book… if you would like a review of the resume by a Certified Federal Resume Writer, you can sign up for the one-hour consultation. The CFRW will tell you this information:
FIRST, is this a good announcement for you? Grade level; match of specialized Experience, Who May BE Hired (public, competitive, veterans, military spouses, and other hiring authorities)
SECOND, if the announcement is good, we will analyze the announcement for keywords that must be included in the federal resume. we will make a list and give it to you.
THIRD, we will tell you what should change in the federal resume: Organization of major sections; details of your duties; recommendation for accomplishments; keywords.
This is an invaluable review of your application and feedback on what to change. This is not a full-service WRITING consultation. We will give you a quote for writing services after we finish the consultation. The rates are $210 per hour up to GS 14; $260 per hour GS 15 and SES.
Resume Place, Inc. goal for your Federal Job Search: Help you get BEST QUALIFIED for a federal job. The next goal is to get REFERRED. This is an HR staff decision. If you are REFERRED, hopefully you will be invited to the INTERVIEW. If you are good at interviewing you might be selected.
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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 –
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!
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.