Ten Steps to a Federal Job


Book Description

Identify the federal job titles that match your skills.




Jobseeker's Guide


Book Description

Learn how to navigate the USAJOBS system and write a correct federal resume. Troutman shows military personnel and their spouses job search strategies to begin their search.




Ten Steps to a Federal Job


Book Description

Presents up-to-date career information on federal employment, providing advice on identifying employment opportunities, creating expanded resumes, filling out self-assessment questionaires, and having a successful interview.




The Federal Resume Guidebook


Book Description

Applying for a federal job or promotion no longer requires a lengthy, lifeless form. Instead, applicants can emphasize their strengths, skills, and smarts in resumes that will hook hiring staff and make personal qualifications shine.




The New SES Application


Book Description

The Senior Executive Services (SES) Corps for the U.S. Government is hiring. There are currently over 7000 SES employed by the federal government. 80% of these members will retire within the next five years making way for new applicants. The federal SES application is an average of 10 to 20 pages in length and includes a resume, Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) narratives, Mandatory Technical Qualification narratives and a cover letter. The Executive Core Qualifications are: Leading Change, Leading People, Results Driven, Business Acumen, and Building Coalitions. This is the first ever book on how to write the SES Application for private industry executives, Federal government executives, and military officers. It covers both the traditional format application and the new 2011 version with the shorter five-page SES federal resume.




Federal Resume Guidebook: Federal Resume Writing Featuring the Outline Format Federal Resume


Book Description

The Guide's New Organization jumps right in with step-by-step directions for writing an easy-to-follow, stand-out Federal Resume using the Troutman-designed Outline Format that OPM welcomes. 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 ; Part 4: Special Insights for Information Technology Specialists.




How to Land a Top-paying Federal Job


Book Description

With over 40% of the federal government’s 1.6 million employees retiring over the next 10 years, now is the time for anyone seeking a government job to take advantage of the massive retirement wave that has already begun. Yet until now, no truly up-to-date or comprehensive book has existed to give readers the tools and guidance they need to get hired for a government job, internship, or fellowship. Entertainingly written by a successful career coach who has climbed the federal career ladder herself as a hiring manager, this reader-friendly book steers prospective applicants through every stage of their job search. Drawing on interviews with more than 100 other hiring managers. Including a companion CD filled with sample resumes and worksheets, this is the book to have when seeking out employment with the federal government.




Student's Federal Career Guide


Book Description

"Student's Federal Career Guide, 2nd Ed " is an invaluable career and government job guide for students seeking public service positions with outstanding career opportunity, salary, benefits and advancement opportunities.




Cracking the Federal Job Code


Book Description

If you’ve got what it takes to be a civil servant for the federal government, it can be frustrating to apply to positions and never get an interview. You’re not alone: thousands of people apply to federal jobs without success, and many of them are experienced professionals just like you. The ones who get the jobs aren’t necessarily more qualified—they’ve just mastered the process. Corliss Jackson, formerly with the US Office of Personnel Management and the author of the Washington Post’s weekly federal jobs column, Corliss’s Corner, reveals the secrets you need to learn to: • master the federal application process; • qualify for federal jobs; • create your federal resume; • stand out in a sea of qualified candidates; • understand what’s needed for security clearances. The cobwebs clouding the federal hiring process can be difficult to clear, which is why you need someone with more than twenty years of experience in federal human resources to help show you the way. Break through the red, white, and blue tape that stands in between you and your federal dream job, and start Cracking the Federal Job Code.




Federal Resume Guidebook


Book Description

Shows how to get hired now with the new Hiring Reform Iniative.