From Kathryn Troutman, February 10, 2026 FREE ONE-HOUR INTRO TO UPDATED TEN STEPS TO A FEDERAL JOB® WITH KATHRYN TROUTMAN Feb. 20 – 7 to 8 pm ET Feb. 27 – 1 to 2 pm ET REGISTER HERE WHAT’S NEW WITH TEN STEPS AND THE TOP PROBLEMS WITH FEDERAL JOB APPLICATIONS The OPM Memo from…
January 28, 2026 – Kathryn Troutman, Baltimore, MD, Resume Place, Inc. The Rule of Many: A New Era in Federal Hiring from Office of Personnel Management Federal hiring has entered a new chapter. In late 2025, the Office of Personnel Management officially replaced the long-standing “Rule of Three” with a modernized framework called the Rule…
January 22, 2026– Kathryn Troutman, Baltimore, MD, Resume Place, Inc. TRANSITIONING YOUR FEDERAL RESUME TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD WINNER Dear Friends and Colleagues, I often ask my clients to share a list of their greatest accomplishments. Writing Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry is truly in my Top Ten Accomplishments of my…
By Kathryn Troutman January 7 2026 TOP TIPS FOR FEDERAL CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN 2026 Resume Place President, Kathryn Troutman is seeing that the competition for Federal jobs is more than ever. You will have to do more than apply for the job on USAJOBS to get promoted and change your position. Here are the top…
By Kathryn Troutman December 19 2025 The Ten Steps Certification classes are more important than ever with the required 2-page Federal Resume. REGISTER NOW 2026 Certification Fees New Certification: Individual registration: $3,312 2+ first-time attendees from the same office: 15% discount: $2,866/li> Recertification: Individual recertification registration: 25% discount: $2,366 2+ recertifications from the same office:…
Kathryn Troutman, Publisher, President, Resume Place, Inc. Career Expert Warns, Furloughed Federal Workers Face Competition Crisis for Private Industry Jobs “Jobseekers’ DIY resume efforts are creating the perfect storm for hiring failures.” notes Kathryn Troutman (Baltimore, MD; 11-10-25) Even before the government shutdown, some 200,000 Federal employees had left their jobs according to the Partnership…
Federal Resume Guidebook, 8th EdIs the Ultimate Introduction to New 2-Page Federal Resume The Federal Resume Guidebook, 8th Edition:First-Ever Book on Writing the Two-Page Federal Resumeis currently available as an eBook for $21.95 now on the Resume Place website.The print version can ship on September 10, 2025. ORDER NOW (August 15, 2025) – On May 29, 2025,…
Certified Federal Job Search Trainer® / Certified Federal Career Coach® Ten Steps to a Federal Job® Training Program Sept. 22, 2024 by Kathryn Troutman Employment Specialists traveled to San Diego and learned the Ten Step lessons for their service members, veterans, spouses, and Federal employees who want their first Federal position … or to get…
Certified Federal Job Search Trainer® / Certified Federal Career Coach® Ten Steps to a Federal Job® Training Program Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, Aug 19-21, 2024 Sept. 16, 2024 by Kathryn Troutman Waikiki, Hawaii was a great place to train 32 employment specialists from the State of Hawaii Workforce Development Division (20 employment specialists), Work for Warriors…
