By Diane Hudson Burns, CFJST, CPCC, co-author, The New SES Application View our SES services pages » Opportunities Galore In 2011 a Partnership for Public Service / McKinsey and Company survey was conducted that indicated about 7,700 senior executives were in the SES corps. The survey revealed that the average SES member spent 17 years…
John, the seasonal Wildlife Biologist at the Forest Service at Sacramento Ranger Station forgot that he caught two New Mexico Jumping Mice in order to get them on the Engdangered Species List this season. By managing a team of wildlife technicians in managing the Jumping Mouse project, he proved certain Knowledge, Skills and Abilities for…
Industrial Organization Psychologists are busy creating employment tests for jobseekers, to try to get the jobseeker to deflate their answers, leave out important information and otherwise help the HR specialists eliminate them from the application list. It’s true. There are SO many jobseekers that the automated application for jobs has become more difficult, specific and…
Applying The Intelligence Lifecycle To Your Resume Development Process Many parallels exist between the intelligence lifecycle and your resume development process. After all, your resume is simply a method by which you share intelligence about your professional experience. To create your appeal, you must turn your daily tasks and accomplishments into actionable intelligence that can…
I taught 9 classes in Bahrain to US Navy Sailors a few weeks ago. We discovered these 8 major problems and pitfalls with applying for a federal job online that popped up repeatedly. If you have other problems with the automated application systems, please write comments here, and I will forward your suggestions to our…
We are saying goodbye to CPOL, the Department of the Army’s Civilian hiring system. The Army Civilian Personnel Online application is the last Resumix keyword automated system available to federal jobseekers. The Navy and US Marine Corps have already moved from Resumix to USA Staffing, which is a combination of USAJOBS for resume submission and…
The 2011 Top Ten Common Pitfalls was the most popular article that I wrote for FedSmith last year, and the list is STILL applicable and worth a peek. For this year, I am bringing it back again, but I have added a whole new top 10 list, making a combined mega-list of 20 common pitfalls…
Are you a Hotshot Supervisory Forestry Technician? If so, better include these keywords in your federal resume if you want to get Best Qualified. Look at the descriptions of the Duties, Specialized Experience and then the keyword list. These words are critical for the performance of this position.
Leaving a military career after 5, 10, or 20 years is traumatic. The career transition out of military is difficult no matter what your rank. The good news is that the federal government is basically just “the other side of the desk.†You’re going to take the “hands-on†skills…
Long KSA narratives may be on the way out, but this KSA written by Kathryn Troutman is a Fourth of July classic! This KSA features the Context, Challenge, Action, Results (CCAR) format preferred by federal human resources specialists. See our free KSA CCAR Builder to create your KSAs in the CCAR format. Read the original…