April 30, 2025 – Kathryn Troutman, Baltimore, MD
President, Resume Place, Inc.
In Honor of Military Spouse Appreciation Day – Federal Jobs for Military Spouses
Resume Place, Inc., Kathryn Troutman, Publisher and Author are offering a FREE 1-hour webinar for military spouses and employment specialists to introduce the hiring authorities and the unique resume format for military spouses.
- Learn about Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible job listings. LEARN HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS HIRING PROGRAM: Military Spouse Preference (MSP) applicants will receive preference consideration and will be placed (if selected) at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined best qualified, up to and including the full performance level.
- Sample Military Spouse Federal Resumes with hiring authorities listed and a special “job block” for the Military Spouse Volunteer Job Experience. Learn how to maximize the Federal Resume with information about your Military Spouse Experience, Competencies and Accomplishments – as well as the Specialized experience required for the position.
May 9, 2025, 1 to 2:00 pm ET
All attendees will get a copy of the PowerPoint for the program.
ALL-NEW EDITION
Federal Career Guidebook for Military Spouses
The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 3rd Ed. $15.95
Available at Resume-Place
BALTIMORE, MD – The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 3rd ed., provides clear guidance and up-to-date information about the seven Federal hiring authorities and preference programs available to military spouses. With these hiring paths in mind, federal resume guru Kathryn Troutman guides military spouses to recognize, identify, and communicate their valuable, transferrable skills.
“The government has many hiring programs in place now to help military spouses, but these are not well-known and highly underutilized,” notes Troutman in the Introduction. She adds that she was a military spouse herself and understands the sacrifices military spouses make for their families and the country.
Troutman designed a unique resume format for military spouses, and it includes the all-new military spouse job block. The book demonstrates how active-duty military spouses can successfully incorporate volunteer positions, family management skills, relocation experience, practical and cultural knowledge of installation and government functions, and key spouse leadership positions into their federal resumes using this job block.
The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouse® contains three all-new complete case studies that showcase the desirable skills active-duty military spouses develop over their years of service. Military spouses will learn how to translate their unique experiences into competitive, compliant, Best Qualified federal resumes.
“Military spouses are a talented, committed, diverse group of potential, valuable federal
employees,” notes Troutman in the Introduction. “This book was written to help build the bridge for military spouses to federal employment.”
Kathryn Troutman is an American author, consultant, and career trainer who assists jobseekers interested in working for the U.S. government. Troutman also works with federal employees leaving the government, and she recently wrote and published the new book, Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry. Other Troutman career publications include the best-selling Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th edition, and the Jobseeker’s Guide: How to Land Government Jobs for Military and Spouses, 9th edition. The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 2nd edition, was selected for Best Military Nonfiction in the Independent Press Awards 2020.
Order your copy of The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 3rd ed., today!
Author Kathryn Troutman has written and published more than 30 successful books on Federal Resume Writing over the last 20 years, becoming the No. 1 Author of Federal-resume books. Her firm, Resume Place, has provided resume and career support to Federal workers for over 30 years. A lively and informative media guest, Troutman regularly answers questions about Federal employment.
More on the book, webinars, Troutman and consults at www.resume-place.com.
