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…
Customized federal job-search training is being provided this week at the Naval Air Station, Bahrain to 40 sailors who will soon be leaving the US Navy. It is part of a new program offered by the Resume Place that combines editing and targeting of federal resumes for exiting military with training in navigating the government’s complicated USAJobs website. Other sailors will receive similar training and assistance remotely, says Resume Place team leader Kathryn Troutman, a top federal jobs expert. The program is an effort to help sailors leaving the Navy have a smoother transition to civilian life.
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…
Are you thinking about applying for the elite SES ranks or for an SES Career Development Program within the next five years? If the answer is yes, then now is the time to start planning! Like in show business, in government there are no “overnight successes.” Instead there can be many unnoticed years of dedicated…
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.
Now is the time to look at the experience and training you’ll need, if you want to join the Senior Executive Service within five years. OPM’s Executive Core Qualifications narratives are a tool for assessing where you are, as well as applying for SES and Career Development Programs. Learn how to write the ECQs with the help of co-author’s Kathryn Troutman and Diane Hudson Burns’ new book The New SES Application and their January SES Writing Workshop held by the Federal Career Training Institute. Troutman offer tips to jumpstart the writing process.
The New SES Application, the latest title from noted Federal Career authors Kathryn Troutman and Diane Hudson Burns and award-winning Federal Career Publishers, adeptly covers the challenges and intricacies of applying for the best Federal jobs available today, the Senior Executive Service (SES).