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The 7th Edition is 90% new with more resume samples and case histories than ever!
You’ll find 17 sample federal resumes and 20+ accomplishment stories.
The resumes include “before” and “after” resume samples, so you can easily see what you’re doing wrong and how to do a federal resume the right way.
A comprehensive offering of Resume Samples include hot careers such as:
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- FBI Special Agent
- Information Technology Specialist
Remember, federal resumes are different than private industry resumes.
This book helps you navigate the differences.
The Book’s New Organization jumps right in with directions for writing an easy-to-follow, stand-out Federal Resume – using the winning Outline Format.
It then addresses a wider range of Possible Goals of Jobseekers.
Part 1: 9 Strategies for Writing a Successful (Outline Format) Resume
Part 2: 10 Steps to Getting Promoted in Government
Part 3: Federal Career Change Stories
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- Private sector to federal job
- Recent graduate to federal job
- Extreme career change in government
- Federal employee to private sector
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Part 4: Special Insights for Information Technology Specialists
Here’s a sampling of the instructive and inspiring Case Studies…
Danielle – Successfully got promoted within same agency to a high-paying GS-14 position in the Secret Service.
Milton – Transitioned from private industry insurance claims supervisor to working for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
Jenny – Overseas military spouse who got promoted in same Housing agency in Italy.
Philip – Went from recent grad to Pathway Internship with US Army Corps of Engineers in South Korea.
Margaret – Her extreme career change story shows how to find relevant experience in divergent jobs – in her case, from social worker to park ranger.
Eric – A veteran hired by the US Navy as a civilian Material Handler.
Ann – Federal contractor in IT moving into the private sector.
The how-to’s covered include …
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- A step-by-step process for developing the outline format federal resume HR loves
- Discovering your knowledge, skills and abilities through a fun “how many hats do you wear on the job?” exercise
- How to find keywords from vacancy announcements to use in your resume
- Mining previous experience by using your performance reviews
- How to write accomplishment stories to make HR take notice of your resume
- Tackling the required OPM core competencies (through the rarely covered example of secret service position core competencies)
- More on secret service core competencies at:
https://resume-place.com/2017/10/fbi-resume-competencies/ - Submitting your resume and questionnaire to USAJobs
- How to interview and land the position
- Special considerations for getting promoted
- How to make those challenging career changes
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Want a new federal job? This is the book you need to get there.
Author Kathryn Troutman is an in-demand trainer who is regularly hired by Federal Agencies to teach resume writing and federal job-seeking for their employees. This book is the most up-to-date and cutting-edge guide you’ll find for writing a strong federal resume and successfully landing your great federal job.
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This is definitely the book to get if you need to build or buff up a resume for a federal job!
Anonymous –
If you are posting resumes on USA Jobs without consulting any of Kathryn Troutman’s books, you’re wrong. I have reviewed thousands of resumes for hundreds of vacancies in my 30 years of federal service. The majority of resumes I receive are horrible, and a waste of my time as a hiring official. Many applicants still use formats abandoned decades ago. I can narrow down 150 applicants to 10 interviews in less than an hour just based on resume format and content. The expectations for GS-5 through GS-15 resumes are slowly migrating to the SES requirements of a 5-page resume based on the ECQs using CCAR paragraphs. If you have been applying for government jobs without success and do not understand that last sentence, then this book will solve your problem.
Anonymous –
Useful information that will serve as a good desk side reference if you advise others or prepare resumes. I like how the author demystifies some of the myths and unknown regarding federal employment and how the Government evaluates resumes.
Informative but lacking in a broader range of labor categories. Structure was a bit complicated to follow and seemed a bit unorganized with different formats appearing without sufficient context to provide practical application while writing or revising a complete resume.
I would expect a focus on each part of the resume with step by step instructions for each, contextual examples by labor category, and stick to one method of presenting the resume information.
Anonymous –
I purchased this to help update my resume and it worked. One month after updating my resume I was offered a new job/position.
Anonymous –
I began using the same standards when I was asked to assist human resources in reviewing resumes. Since then, I have had a 95% referral success rate and usually get an interview.
Anonymous –
What else is there to say besides hired!!! 😁
Easy to follow with great illustrations. A must how to book for government job seekers. A+
Anonymous –
I hired Kathyrn Troutman from ResumePlace.com to help improve my resume and interview skills for a higher-level government position. Kathyrn recommended that I should review the federal resume guidebook as an example to help improve my resume and guidance to help promote myself in the transition to a higher-paying position. The book contained a lot of examples from job title to accomplishments to organized structure in the resume.
As a Schedule applicant in applying for the federal government position, it can be difficult but possible with the right skill sets and using its example from the book to provide a strong professional resume to present to hiring managers. In the course of 6 months, I have received 20 referred out of 35 applications that I have applied. 5 out of the referred were interviews and 2 out of the interviews were job offer. In the federal government, it takes a lot of time to process and one must be very patient to follow through.
The federal resume guidebook is an excellent book to help follow through in the hiring process and getting a successful job position in the federal government.
Anonymous –
The book guides you through the steps to identify critical key words and integrate them into your duty/responsibility and accomplishment statements. The sample resumes are very helpful and make it straightforward to adapt the format and structure into your resume, provided you are willing to put in the time and effort to write the resume you deserve.
The book is an excellent value and will serve as a valuable reference throughout your career.
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This is a great resource to have when composing a Federal Resume. As an IT Security Specialist, I found the sample IT resume for a IT specialist (INFOSEC) outstanding. It reads well and things are easy to find to see how the candidate meets all the requirements. I particularly like the capitalized key words from the job announcement and the details coming afterward. I highly recommend this book to assist with building your Federal Resume. Also the tools on the web site are very helpful.
Anonymous –
Great tips! A Federal resume is so different from any others. I had originally borrowed this book from my library. I used it to write my resume and finally landed a government job! I truly think using this book helped me and I feel that using their format for listing significant accomplishments was the edge!
Anonymous –
I write resumes and need to keep up-to-date on various trends, so this book is a great resource. Kathryn Troutman is well-known in the Federal resume community and knows how to write quality Federal resumes. This book will help anyone who is applying for a federal job.