By Kathryn Troutman, Federal Career Coach™ President, Resume Place October 25, 2018 Time to update your USAJOBS Profile! When USAJOBS was down for four days last week Oct. 5 to 8, 2018, the programmers and web designers were busy updating the PROFILE section of USAJOBS. Go to your USAJOBS Profile and update your information. Take…
By Kathryn Troutman, President, Resume Place September 5, 2018 On August 13, President Trump signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The $717 billion spending plan, and the accompanying restructuring proposals for many government agencies and departments, has all kinds of implications for federal employees and job…
By Michael Schaub, Ph.D., PLLC Searching for a job can bring up a mix of emotions that may be difficult to manage. Let’s say you find yourself involved in a long, drawn-out job search that seems to have no end in sight. Maybe you are looking for a better job in the same field, or…
President, www.resume-place.com August 7, 2018 Resume Place, inc. online forum and message board for discussion of issues in the field of resume writing, career development and federal employment. Applying for a federal job requires lots of effort, just like preparing to jump hurdles in a track and field race: Hours and hours of practice –…
Wanted and Urgently Needed: Cybersecurity Pros to Serve Their Country Kathryn Troutman Author, Federal Career Coach® June 12, 2018 Why is the federal government so concerned about hiring more cybersecurity workers, faster? Consider the failure-is-not-an-option stakes: the security of the internet-connected national electric grid; the electronic transactions – measured in trillions of dollars per day…
Federal Job Summer Reading List – for your next career move! By Kathryn Troutman, Federal Career Coach, May 30, 2018 Now that the Memorial Day Weekend is over and summer is here, you should plan your trip to the beach AND YOUR APPLICATIONS FOR A FEDERAL JOB! Everything is about timing, right? Same goes for…
AFTERNOON CLASS: Kathryn Troutman, Federal Resume Guru and Author, Speaker TEN STEPS TO A FEDERAL JOB® Free Webinar Top Tips for Military Spouses and Federal Jobs Military Spouse Preference May 11, 12 noon to 12:45 Register here April 11, 2018, RAF, Mildenhall, London, England. Author and instructor, Kathryn Troutman presented a two-hour version of Ten…
By Kathryn Troutman President, The Resume Place, Inc. and Ten Steps to a Federal Job Certification Program Director March 6, (updated March 12) 2018 TYPICAL FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR VETERANS! BUT THERE’S MORE! Tell me, when you think of military folks retiring or separating and taking their skills to a job in government, what federal organizations…
TOP TIPS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM FEDERAL RESUME WRITING CLASS AT THE HIRING OUR HEROES TRANSITION SUMMIT, FT. BRAGG, APRIL 26, 2017 By Kathryn Troutman, President, Resume Place, Inc. Left to Right – Daniel Serrano, Ten Steps Trainer; Kathryn Troutman; and Cecelia Wallace, Director, Army Community Services Center, Ft. Bragg, NC I got to the…
Let’s assume you’ve decided the time is right for a change and have determined you may qualify for a different federal occupational series. You’re tired of your current job’s winter doldrums and wish to move to a warmer career climate. Congratulations on the successful soul-searching and necessary research/consultation. Now it is time to set your plan in motion…