---
title: "Our Federal Resume is the Gold Standard"
url: "https://resume-place.com/news/our-federal-resume-is-the-gold-standard/"
description: "Our Federal Resume is the Gold Standard, we strive to make our federal resumes are simply the best that your money can buy"
site: "The Resume Place"
type: "article"
author: "Kathryn Troutman"
published: "2013-08-28"
updated: "2020-03-19"
---

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# Our Federal Resume is the Gold Standard

By

Kathryn Troutman

August 28, 2013

2–3 minutes

## Our Federal Resume is the Gold Standard

We strive to make our federal resumes are simply the best that your money can buy. Our federal resumes are backed by:

- Over 40 years of expert experience
- Feedback and approval by federal human resources specialists
- A rigorous process of announcement analysis to ensure consistently excellent results from our writers
- Personalized attention to accomplishments and details that the Federal HR Reviewer will appreciate.

We are in touch with our federal agency contacts throughout the government and are constantly adjusting our federal resumes to the changing requirements and preferences of the human resources specialists who will be reviewing your application. Read more below about why our process and product are superior.

## Federal Resume Assessment

### [*Our 11-Point Checklist™*](http://localhost/pdfs/11-Point-Checksheet.pdf)

![iStock_000010466267XSmall_checklist](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/iStock_000010466267XSmall_checklist-200x170.jpg)

Before we start writing your federal resume, we evaluate your federal job search information and background with our 11-Point Checklist(tm) to ensures that we have covered all of the critical information. We review your drafts, target vacancy announcements, and conduct an interview with you and review with you the results of our findings.

**[See the 11-Point Checklist »](http://localhost/pdfs/11-Point-Checksheet.pdf)**

## A Winning Format – the Outline Format™

### *Human Resources Approved!*

![Screen Shot 2013-08-28 at 1.26.49 PM](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2013-08-28-at-1.26.49-PM-200x163.png)

Kathryn Troutman conceptualized and has developed the popular OUTLINE FORMAT for writing all of our federal resumes. We have received kudos from human resources specialists who say that our format is easy readable for finding the relevant information in the resume. The Outline Format is also recently highlighted in the all new Dept. of Labor Employment Workshop Participant Guide (Transition from Military to Civilian Workforce) from 2013 – Page 177 gives information about how to write the federal resume in the Outline Format.

We strive to make sure that all of the finer points of our resumes are consistent between our different writers, including page length, text formatting, presentation of accomplishments, use of headlines, writing style, and more.

**[See a sample federal resume »](http://localhost/services/federal-resume-format/)**

## The Best Federal Resume Writers

### *Hand-Selected and Certified*

![san diego_2013](https://resume-place.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/san-diego_2013-200x150.jpg)

Our federal resume writers are all selected by Kathryn Troutman because of their superior skills and abilities for producing federal resumes that meet our exacting standards. All of the writers have completed our certification program and continue to receive regular instruction and updates regarding federal hiring requirements and trends. Our writers are skilled and knowledgeable in OPM Classification Standards, federal hiring practices, USAJOBS vacancy announcement critical features, and how to apply for federal jobs.

**[See the writing staff »](http://localhost/about/staff/)**

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