Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Resume (Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in), 5th Edition [Paperback]

Kathryn Kraemer Troutman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2011 | Series: Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in

The Hiring Reform Initiative has completely changed the federal hiring process. This book shows you writing methods to get best qualified, referred to a supervisor, interviewed, and hired! Effectively include KSAs in your resume with accomplishments. Maximize readability with the Outline Format federal resume. Analyze vacancy announcements for keywords. Master the Assessment Questionnaire. Format your USAJOBS federal resume for readability. Includes dozens of sample federal resumes in the Outline Format with KSAs!

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About the Author

Kathryn Kraemer Troutman is the founder and president of The Resume Place in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, which for 30 years has specialized in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes. She is recognized by federal HR directors as having created the format for the new federal resume; that became an accepted standard after the SF 171 form was eliminated in 1995. Kathryn has trained thousands of federal employees in writing federal resumes and KSAs, primarily for the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as for more than 100 other agencies and federal offices. In addition to The Federal Resume Guidebook, Kathryn is the author of Ten Steps to a Federal Job, Second Edition; Creating Your High School Resume, Third Edition; The Student's Federal Career Guide; and Military to Federal Career Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Jist Works; 5 edition (June 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593578504
• ISBN-13: 978-1593578503
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Business & Investing > Job Hunting & Careers > Resumes
  • #46 in Books > Business & Investing > Job Hunting & Careers > Job Hunting

More About the Author

Kathryn Troutman is known as the Federal Resume Guru. She invented a new resume format - the Federal Resume - after the US government eliminated the long, burdensome application - SF-171. Her first book, Federal Resume Guidebook, set the standards for federal resumes and created an entire resume writing and job search industry for career professionals. She is also the train the trainer expert with her Certified Federal Job Search Trainer Program based on her valued book by the first-timer - Ten Steps to a Federal Job. The website, The Resume Place, Inc. is dedicated to helping people navigate federal jobs and write the best federal resume for an outstanding career in public service.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great format - Easy to understand, July 8, 2011

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Pherrell Bowen "Pherrell B." (Denver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Resume (Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in), 5th Edition (Paperback)

If you are looking for a Federal job, this book will be extremely helpful. It spells out all the requirements and the "secrets" to writing a Federal resume. It is easy to use and has tons of examples.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Federal Resume Guidebook, 5th Edition, July 8, 2011

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Yevgeniy Churinov (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Resume (Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in), 5th Edition (Paperback)

The Federal Resume Guidebook 5th Edition gave great examples of how to find keywords for my federal resume. I did not realize that the resume should match literally with 10 or 15 words from a USAJOBS announcement. I will be analyzing each announcement carefully and then tweaking my federal applications as I continue my job search for entry-level IT Specialist Customer Service positions in government. I also would never have known about the IT competencies that are critical for IT federal resumes, i.e, customer services, communications and problem-solving. I have these skills, but they were previously not clearly described in my resume. Now I look like a great customer focused IT Systems Administrator - thanks to this book! I hope I can land a good job that is stable in the IT industry. There appears to be lots of room for growth in the government for new graduates!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Yet on Federal Application Process, June 30, 2011

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Rabbi R. Karpov, Ph.D., CPRW - See all my reviews

This review is from: Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Resume (Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in), 5th Edition (Paperback)

Of various Federal Résumé writing sources, Federal Résumé Guidebook, 5th Edition, is exceptional. Its clarity in walking you through the process, with effectively presented examples, makes this daunting process appear simple. Step by step, it explains, among other things, how to read the federal vacancy announcements so as to analyze them for keywords, which are different from what they would be in private industry. The section on matching strategies is invaluable in that regard, as is the guided instruction in the art of incorporating those keywords into one's federal résumé. Also, because federal résumés vary by targeted occupational series, there is a series of chapters addressing that. The included Outline Format for the process makes it all seem so simple.

A year since the Hiring Reform Initiative's having been put into place, much has changed in a process that has never been intuitively clear. For one thing, the KSA narratives have been eliminated, though elements of them survive in other forms. Federal Résumé Guidebook, 5th Edition, can determine the difference between your being lost in the process--or getting Best Qualified, selected for the interview, and landing a federal job in which you can shine. Especially given the fierceness of current competition, this book could not have come at a better time.

Rabbi R. Karpov, Ph.D., CPRW