Leads you through the complexities of finding and analyzing job announcements; writing federal resumes for both human and scanner eyes and packaging your resume to meet both federal and vacancy announcement criteria. Softcover.
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"...This is a good, thorough review of how to approach federal agencies, written and designed in a reader-friendly style." -- Career Opportunity News, March/April 2004
Kathy Troutman is the master of the Federal resume. Follow her advice and you’ll have the competitive edge. -- Michael S. Dobson, Author, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Kathy Troutman is the master of the Federal resume. Follow her advice and you’ll have the competitive edge. -- Michael S. Dobson, Author, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Each book is signed by the author Kathryn Kraemer Troutman who is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., a service business located in Baltimore MD,specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process.
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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Over Rated,
By A Student (Kansas City, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Electronic Resume, KSAs, and Essays, 4th Edition (Paperback)
I purchased this book based on the numerous reviews exclaiming its excellence. As a first note, the photo representation showing a CD that provides actual examples of resumes and KSAs is highly deceiving. There is no CD with this book. On the final page of the book, you will find directions on how to buy this for an additional fee at the authors website. No doubt the author has experience and expertise in the convuluted federal application process. From biographical information that is available it appears that she was a key player in creating it and then she went on to build a business that capitalizes off of the confusion created in the process. The inforation in this book is good and reliable; however, the same information is available for free on the internet from a variety of sources. I was sadly disappointed with this book and the other Troutman book Military to Federal Career Guide that I also purchased. The CD is included with the second book mentioned. I has 52 files in total; but, these provide very few examples because the same resume is repeatedly used to show examples of different resume builder formats (e.g paper resume, USA Jobs resume, and Resumix)and each example is given in a word document format and PDF so immediately the number of eamples is decreased from 52 to 26. As such, the CD amounts to 13 resume examples and one that provides separate KSAs. The best value that comes from this book is a profitable marketing tool for the author's website and other, quite pricey writing and coaching services. Before buying this book, I would recommend that you check with your local library or bookstore to see if they have a copy so you can review the content and decide how useful it might be in relation to your knowledge of the federal job market.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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A good start...,
By A. Gregory Sheasley "Greg" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook (Paperback)
This is a good book for putting together a government résumé, but it stops short of going through the entire government process. There is not adequate information on KSA writing and putting together a total government-ready package. For this level of material, the book nudges you toward using the publisher's consulting / writing service, which is on the expensive side depending on what positions you are going after.Overall, it's a good book to get started with. You may need additional help down the road, though.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource!,
By Computer Chick (Slidell, LA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook (Paperback)
I bought this after working for the federal government for 20 years! I was looking for a position after the agency I work for within the Department of Defense was BRAC'd. I needed some serious help in the KSA writing department. This book helped me tremendously. I breezed through the KSAs after reading what government managers are looking for in an applicant's KSA. Well worth the money. Oh, and I did get the job!
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This chapter introduces you to the unique resume format for applying for federal jobs, known as the federal resume, which I developed 10 years ago and published in the first edition of Federal Resume Guidebook in 1996, and which remains the standard despite various changes in the application process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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This chapter introduces you to the unique resume format for applying for federal jobs, known as the federal resume, which I developed 10 years ago and published in the first edition of Federal Resume Guidebook in 1996, and which remains the standard despite various changes in the application process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
federal resume, computer software proficiency, specific job announcement, research aquatic biologist, occupational series, electronic resume format, federal job seekers, convincing oral presentations, best describes your experience, core qualifications, funding discrepancies, resource sheds, safety logs, vacancy announcement, resume system, resume builder, macroinvertebrate diversity, profile statement, work experience section, screening checkpoint, federal job search, unbalanced workloads, specialized qualifications, contact supervisor, target job Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Lakes, Essay Question, Office of Personnel Management, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Defense, Executive Core Qualifications, Avue Central, Michigan State University, Biological Sciences, Administrative Assistant, Relevant Coursework, Transportation Security Administration, Aquatic Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Leading Change, Federal Security Director, Master's Degree, Operations Specialist, Task Leader, Building Coalitions, Curriculum Vitae, Department of Education, Management Assistant, Microsoft Word, Accounting Service New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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