--- title: "The Resume Place" url: "https://resume-place.com/" description: "The Resume Place helps federal job seekers, transitioning military, military spouses, and government agencies write resumes that win interviews and advance careers in public service." site: "The Resume Place" type: "page" updated: "2026-11-12" --- [!\[Veterans Day 2026: free Ten Steps to a Federal Job® webinar with Kathryn Troutman. Veterans, thank you for your service. Two dates: Monday, Nov. 16, 6 to 7:30 pm ET, and Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1 to 2:30 pm ET.\](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/events/veterans-day-ten-steps-nov16-nov18-portrait-2x.jpg)](https://resume-place.com/news/veterans-day-2026/) # Your career is on the line with your resume Resume Place, Inc. professional writers, editors and consultants can review your resume and give you advice on format, content, keywords, accomplishments, organization and editing to keep the resume 2 pages. OPM has just this month announced that Federal HR Staffing will be using AI to review resumes. [Read the OPM Memo here.](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/uploads/rp/opm-memo-ai-hiring-2026-08-27.pdf) If your resume does not match the Specialized Experience and keywords from the USAJOBS announcement **you will NOT come up with the agency AI search and you will not get Best Qualified.** [Sign up for RP newsletters](https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001bKOpVPk0q4dJjHlRY8x1h6Qc4dzwyvsCv2hwK1slvXT1A0nGlC6IAxRqEeIsPN6jSrIXeSO9tr_jPTnryGr6Ug%3D%3D) on AI Federal Resume Writing strategies. [Get Resume Help Now](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/#order) One-Hour Invaluable Consultation is $210 or $260 for executives Get help. Don’t apply for jobs without a second opinion on your resume. Targeted 2-page resume [See Sample Resume](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-samples/) Page one: Critical information 1. Qualifications summary 2. Technical certifications 3. Professional job block 1 Page two: Work history continued 1. Job block 1, continued 2. Key accomplishments 3. Job block 22017–2018 4. Job block 32014–2017 *Upload to USAJOBS. 10 point type. .5 inch margins.* Start here RP / Services ## Every service starts with a consultation. A Certified Federal Resume Writer® reviews your current resume and a target announcement, discusses keywords and accomplishments, and tells you what needs to change. You leave with next steps and a quote for professional writing. ### Federal resume consultation Target positions up to GS-13 [Start your consultation](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/#order) $210 one hour ### SES and executive consultation GS-14 through SES target positions [Start your consultation](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/#order) $260 one hour Writing hours are quoted from the consultation at the same rates. [Find your starting point](https://resume-place.com/get-started/) [Browse all services](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/) ![Scientist reviewing field notes on a tablet](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-1.jpg) ![Executive working at a laptop](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-2.jpg) ![Park ranger in the field](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-3.jpg) ![Construction inspector with a clipboard](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-4.jpg) ![Nurse at a microscope](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-5.jpg) ![Teacher working at a whiteboard](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cover/frg8-people-6.jpg) *The federal workforce · from the cover of the 8th edition* Who we serve A new resume for every career move. Find yourself. [First-time & promotions](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/) [Senior Executive Service](https://resume-place.com/senior-executive-service/) [Veterans & service members](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/transitioning-military/) [Military spouses](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/military-spouse/) [Career transitions](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/private-sector/) [Private-sector careers](https://resume-place.com/private-industry-resumes/) [Recent grads & internships](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/recent-graduate/) How it works RP / The method ## A Certified Federal Resume Writer® interviews you and writes your resume, start to finish. *Washington, DC · the people in the work* 1. 01 Share ### Hand us what you have today Send us your current resume. Describe the job you are seeking. Provide a sample announcement if you have one. We’ll review your roles, dates, duties, and goals, and come back fast with recommendations on next steps. 2. 02 Strategize ### A Certified Federal Resume Writer® delves more deeply A one-hour consult enables us to provide an assessment and identify strategies for framing your resume. We’ll review its organization. We’ll discuss your accomplishments. We’ll uncover keywords. You’ll learn what to add, delete and improve. We’ll give you homework, and provide options for further resume support, tailored to your needs. 3. 03 Delivered ### Optional Professional Writing During the one-hour consultation, we will also prepare a quote for optional professional writing services. The quote will include the analysis of the target announcement, requesting additional information and accomplishments, creation of the keywords, and an interview about important experience that might not be on the resume. Our goal is to help you get Best Qualified for the position. Remember that this is a major investment for our career development and promotion. [Start your consultation](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/#order) $210 or $260 (executive) · one hour · certified writer ![A federal employee at her laptop, working through her long resume](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/studying/christina-wocintechchat-com.jpg) *Twenty years of federal service. Five pages of resume. Two pages allowed.* The two-page rewrite RP / What changed ## Your long federal resume is now two pages. OPM now requires two pages for the federal resume and two for the SES resume, which has to cover the new ECQs, the announcement’s MTQs and your career history in that space. A second OPM rule lets HR departments review resumes with AI and write their announcements with it, so the announcement’s keywords have to be in your resume. - Format Two pages, 10-point body, half-inch margins. Every accomplishment has to earn its line, with the emphasis on your last ten years. - SES The two-page SES resume has to carry the new ECQs, the announcement’s MTQs, and your career history. We write both formats. - Screening OPM now tells HR to review resumes with AI and to write announcements with it. The announcement’s keywords have to appear in your resume. We build that list. - Questionnaire Each announcement now carries its own assessment questionnaire. We make sure your resume covers its questions before you SUBMIT. - Language No more “tasked with” and “served as.” Every line opens with an action verb, and keywords from the announcement are mandatory. We build the keyword list. [Order your initial consultation](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/#order) Begins with the one-hour consultation · $210 or $260 (executive) ![A candidate checking his watch while waiting to be called into an interview](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/job-search/man-waiting-for-the-business-meeting.jpg) *The questions are scored. Your answers can be ready.* Interview preparation RP / The interview ## Congratulations, you made it to the interview. Federal interviews are scored, so preparation and practice make a real difference. Practice your best stories with a Certified Federal Career Coach® and walk in ready and confident. Federal & private ### Interview Quick Prep Two 45-minute live, virtual interview preparation and practice sessions with an expert Interview Coach. Learn how to prepare for the Behavior-based or structured interview format. The interview is a test, you will be scored. You need to practice and prepare. $495 SES ### The SES QRB interview Two 60-minute sessions with a senior executive coach and recorded mock interview. Questions are practiced for the 3-member QRB Panel. The QRB interview is based on the ECQs. The ERB interview is based on the MTQs and the ECQs. Get ready. Practice and get a great score. $780 [Prepare for the QRB](https://resume-place.com/senior-executive-service/interview-prep/) [Book interview coaching](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/interview-preparation/) Quick Prep $495 · SES QRB $780 ![The Resume Place](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/logo/lockup-stacked-orange.svg) Resume Place Federal Career Newsletter ## Federal career guidance, in your inbox. New blogs on federal resumes, SES applications, USAJOBS, and hiring news, from the firm that wrote the book. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Teach the method RP / Certification ## Get certified to train others. Since 2002 we have certified career counselors, workforce staff, and HR teams to teach and coach the Ten Steps to a Federal Job® method. 503 hold a current certification today. [See certification dates](https://resume-place.com/get-certified/) 01 Trainer certification CFJST® + CFCC® A licence to teach the Ten Steps to a Federal Job® curriculum and coach the federal job search one to one. Both credentials, earned together. Five weekly webinars or a live 3-day class · 30 CEs · three-year licence Certified Federal Career Trainer and Coach® [https://resume-place.com/get-certified/trainer-certification/](https://resume-place.com/get-certified/trainer-certification/) - ![A Ten Steps certification class holding their certificates, 2022](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cohorts/class-2022-certificates.jpg) - ![A Ten Steps training class at USDA Memphis, 2024](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cohorts/usda-memphis-2024.jpg) - ![A Ten Steps certification cohort at Eglin Air Force Base](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cohorts/eglin-ten-steps.jpg) - ![A certification cohort in Hawaii, 2023](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/themes/resume-place-fse/assets/img/rp/cohorts/hawaii-2023.jpg) For agencies RP / Agency training ## Government agency career training for employees. Senior Federal Career Trainers have taught inside more than 200 agencies and offices, live and virtual, over three decades: federal employees writing the 2-page resume; GS-14s and 15s writing the 2-page SES resume; and candidates preparing for the Behavior-Based or QRB interview. Every course is built around the agency’s position titles, grades and hiring systems, on site, at an installation overseas, or as a live virtual class. On site Live virtual Overseas bases GSA Multiple Award Schedule, contract 47QRAA25D00E0, SIN 611430 · Woman-owned small business · SAM-registered [Bring training to your agency](https://resume-place.com/government-agency-training/) What we teach - ### The 2-Page Federal Resume and USAJOBS GSA Half day, full day, or a 90-minute virtual class on the format, the announcement’s keywords, accomplishments, and the questionnaire that scores you. - ### The 2-Page SES Resume GSA One- and two-day workshops for GS-14 and 15 executives writing the resume-based Senior Executive Service package. - ### Preparation and Practice for the QRB Interview GSA Practice for the Qualifications Review Board panel, run the way the board runs it. - ### Behavior-Based Interview Preparation and Practice GSA Half day or a two-hour class, any grade. The interview is scored, so the room practices for the score. 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No more guessing ## Work with the experts who wrote the Federal Resume Guidebook. Resume Place, Inc. is the oldest and leading federal and SES resume writing and consulting firm in the United States. The competition is tough and the resume is everything: a Certified Federal Resume Writer® builds the targeted, accomplishment-based two-page resume and cover letter that get you the interview. [Start your consultation](https://resume-place.com/federal-resumes/federal-resume-consultation/) [Write to us with questions](https://resume-place.com/contact/)