Kathryn Troutman taught Ten Steps and the Stars are Lined Up at
ACS, Ft. Huachuca
Win FEDERAL RESUME Coaching and Editing
from the Resume Place, Inc. — worth $420.00 — 2 winners!
Kathryn Troutman, President, Resume Place, Inc.
Oct. 4, 2023
The Stars are Lined Up for Military Spouses®
for Federal Government Careers with EO 13473
Are you interested in getting FREE coaching and editing help with your Federal resume and having your best chance at landing a great-paying, benefit-providing job with the US government? Then this contest is for you!
Kathryn Troutman, author, and publisher of The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses for Federal Careers, is looking for good job descriptions of Military Spouses who have accompanied their active-duty, military-service-member spouse across the country and around the world as they moved through their career.
See Sample Active Duty Military Spouse “Job Block” from Kathryn Troutman’s Book
Sample “Job Block” from Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 2nd Ed.
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Submit your Federal resume draft of
your Volunteer Military Spouse Job
by Oct. 25, 2023, 11:59 pm ET
We’re making a case that the Military Spouse career is a “JOB” and should be added to a resume as a “job block.” This is a new way for a military spouse to stand out above their competitors who have solid year-to-year work histories in consistent locations.
Military spouses travel to new military installations every 2 to 4 years in support of their active duty military service member. They do their best to work, go to school, start businesses, and volunteer at the base, but the 16% unemployment statistics show that spouses aren’t being seen for all they bring to the table.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) states that volunteer positions can be used to demonstrate experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for Federal positions.
Your KSAs as a Military Spouse could help you land a GS or NAF position on a military base. Your military spouse job could easily demonstrate knowledge with regulations, logistics, financial management, communications and knowledge of Morale, Welfare and Recreation, and education services on the military bases. If you add this to your Federal resume as a “job block”, you will get the credit for this experience. Maybe you DO have “One Year Specialized Experience” for a Federal position based on your Military Spouse “volunteer job.”
Contest Rules
You must be either a military spouse on current PCS orders or any other military spouse who is authorized for EO13473. One submission per individual. Must submit via email.
Deadline is October 25, 2023; 11:59 pm ET
Submit Your Draft
Please submit your military spouse job description entry to [email protected] with “MilSpouse Federal Resume Writing Contest: your name, current base, city, state, country” in the subject line. E.g. MilSpouse Federal Resume Contest: Jay Wayne, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA, USA.
What to Write
Write a description of your “volunteer job as a MILITARY SPOUSE”. Write about your duties and responsibilities as a military spouse, traveling to new locations, managing your household moves, establishing and maintaining relationships and resources at each location, managing the “homefront” and setting up schools and activities for children… whatever you’re doing in your job as a military spouse. Make a list of the knowledge of regulations, protocol and guidelines that you are familiar with as an Active Duty Military Spouse.
You must include your PCS Military Spouse History, covering the name of the installation, city, state, country, and dates (month and year to month and year).
Length of Description: 400 to 750 words
The Prize
Two winners meeting the eligibility requirements will be chosen to be COACHED and to receive Professional Coaching and Editing of your FEDERAL RESUME that is ready for USAJOBS applications. That’s a $420 value for each winner!
FEDERAL RESUME DESCRIPTION REVIEWERS will be Rita Chambers, MPP, and a few of the Certified Federal Resume Writers here at Resume Place, Inc. Winners will be selected based on KSAs, accomplishments, and duties written for your “Military Spouse Job.”
Enter by October 25 and you could be the winner!
Train-the-Trainer Certification Program:
Are you a military spouse employment counselor?
You can teach this course for your Active Duty Military Spouse Employment programs. Become a Certified Federal Job Search Trainer / Certified Federal Career Coach®. Check out the program and class dates here: https://resume-place.com/get-certified/ten-steps-trainer-certification/
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Get a federal resume review and quote for federal resume writing for your new updated resume. $210 for one hour review of resume, update information, sample job announcement.
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“THIS IS THE BEST $210 YOU WILL EVER SPEND FOR YOUR FED CAREER DEVELOPMENT!”
– KATHRYN TROUTMAN –
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The Author: Kathryn Troutman is the author of many award-winning career guides including the best-selling Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Edition (Best Reference Book/Gold in the Independent Press Awards and more) and The Stars are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 2nd Edition. Troutman is the Founder and President of The Resume Place, a groundbreaking Federal resume writing and job coaching service in Baltimore, MD.
About Us
Based on the Ten Steps to a Federal Job® method, Kathryn Troutman and Resume Place, Inc., manage and teach a train-the-trainer Certified Federal Job Search Trainer / Certified Federal Career Coach program. The CFJST / CFCC has been taught for 20 years and employment readiness, career counselors and transition counselors teach and coach the Ten Steps method at military bases and job centers.
