BREAKING NEWS: Congratulations, if you are invited to the Online Component. We recommend our ALJ Writing Guide to review the 13 ALJ Competencies! We also recommend our Structured Interview practice if you are invited to the Structured Interview component of the ALJ Examination. Preparing your Application for the Administrative Law Judge Examination Deadline April 8,…
Spring Break is for Colorful Resume Writing! If you have never written a resume, or if you feel like a new look for your current resume, check out the samples in Kathryn Troutman’s latest book, Creating Your First Resume. Using www.hloom.com, a free Microsoft Word template resume builder website, your resume can be beautiful and…
BREAKING NEWS: Congratulations, if you are invited to the Online Component. We recommend our ALJ Writing Guide to review the 13 ALJ Competencies! We also recommend our Structured Interview practice if you are invited to the Structured Interview component of the ALJ Examination. Magistrate Lands Administrative Law Judge Position Preparation Is Key to Winning a…
The functional resume was created back in the 1980s. It was a good format, creative, and featured the best skills offered by the applicant. The functional resume was popular until about 2008 when competition became worse than ever. Then, the HR recruiters stopped reading resumes full of chatty, wordy, profuse, adjective-driven sentences that said nothing specific.…
By Kathryn Troutman, Federal Career Coach™ I recently taught my Ten Steps to a Federal Job® curriculum at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Here are the top lessons learned from that class: Part 1: Ten Steps to a Federal Job I introduced the Tough Love concept about using the USAJOBS Builder in this class. I have looked…
The following Top Ten Tips are based on the most frequent errors made by military when writing their federal resume and selecting federal careers—from Author, Instructor, and Federal Resume Guru, Kathryn Troutman. Resume format – Write a reverse chronological resume focusing on experience for the last ten years. Be sure to include specific facts for each…
DO YOU HAVE A 5-PAGE SES RESUME? There are two Senior Executive Service Career Development Programs (SES CDP) posted now on USAJOBS. US Secret Service – Closes June 30 US Department of Interior – Closes June 23 The application requires only the 5-page SES resume! Learn how to write this all-inclusive 5-page SES resume with the help of the…
The Federal Resume is not the same as a Private Industry Resume. Beware of the many differences between the two formats. The most important is length. The typical private industry resume is two pages. And the average federal resume is 4 pages for a veteran. The federal human resources specialists need more information to score…
By Kathryn Troutman and Diane Hudson, Authors, The New SES Application Seventeen tips may seem like a lot for writing your Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (CDP) resume, Executive Core Qualification (ECQs) statements, and Technical Qualifications (TQs). However, this application package is a lengthy, specific, and detailed. The more tips you can gather…
Applying to federal jobs can be frustrating. If you’re racking your brain about why you’re not getting referred, Best Qualified, or interviewed for federal jobs, it’s time to rethink your resume. In fact, there are 18 reasons why your federal resume could be to blame for your frustrating job search. We’ve found that resume problems…