Military to Federal Career Guide: Ten Steps to Transforming Your Military Experience into a Competitive Federal Resume (Paperback)

by Kathryn K. Troutman (Author), Emily K. Troutman (Technical Editor), Ed Roscoe (Foreword) "In addition to www.usajobs.gov, agency and contractor websites for job listings, sometimes "who you know" does make a difference, even for Federal or government contractor..." (more)
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"What I really like about this book is the easy to follow layout. It is clear and I know how to find an issue area I wish to learn more about." I also feel the content is solid and the examples are as good as it gets for this difficult area to write about. Kathryn takes the mystery out of understanding the Federal process and makes it easier by providing examples for each. She also devotes an appropriate amount of time to the dreaded KSA's. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in working for the Federal Government. It will make the process so much easier to understand and I believe if you follow her advice, you will have a much better chance of consideration for employment in a very crowded arena. -- Fred E. Coon, LEAA, JCTC, CRW, Chairman, CEO, Stewart, Cooper & Coon, Inc, January 19, 2007

This book is a one-stop source for Federal employment with stp-by-step, comprehensive and concise instruction to gaining a career federal career after the military. The top 5 things you learned from reading the book: 1. How to network into the Federal workforce 2.Benefits of Gaining a Federal job 3. The difference between a traditional and Federal resume 4. How to write a Federal resume 5. How to search for Federal jobs -- Brenda Thompson Brenda Thompson, TH & Associates, January 24, 2007

Product Description
Ten Steps to Transforming your Military Experience into a competitive Federal Resume. The first and only comprehensive guide to Federal Jobs and the Military Federal Resume for enlisted personnel and officers. The U.S. Government is hiring former military personnel at all salary levels! In an easy-to follow, step by step process this book will teach you Where to work, How to find jobs, How much you can earn and How to apply and How to interview

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Product Details

• Paperback: 237 pages
• Publisher: The Resume Place; Book & CD-ROM edition (January 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964702576
• ISBN-13: 978-0964702578
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete and Easy to Use - Must Have for Military Transition, January 17, 2006

By	A-M Daley "a-m daley" (World Traveller, USA) - See all my reviews

As a former Transition Assistance Program workshop facilitator and now as a direct placement recruiter, I have worked with hundreds of transitioning military service members. Not enough vets make use of their hiring advatage in federal government because the process is so involved and can be intimidating.

Troutman's latest book takes her abundant expertise in the federal hiring process and translates it in an easy to use and highly comprehensive workbook for ALL those who are leaving military service and want to explore a federal career.

This book includes basic federal resume construction, an overview of the federal hiring process, how to interpret a federal job posting, electronic versus paper applications, explainations of how to claim Veterans Prefence Points, how to utilize your past experience (no matter what it was!) and how to translate "military-speak" in to federal employment language. There is also a CD-DVD-Rom included that has numerous resume samples. This book is a great supplement to the TAP manual - all the things the TAP manual barely touches on (in regards to federal employment), this book delves in and fully explains.

Additionally, Troutman has done much of the research that normally takes job many frustrating hours searching the web. She includes a resource section which shares various agency websites, how to navigate them and how to apply to each individually.

I recommend this book to those leaving military service, both enlisted and officers alike. It is a valueable resource - a low price investment that will be of great help to military service member making the leap into federal employment. There is no other guidebook out there like this!

Don't wait until your terminal leave to get working on your federal package. The federal hiring process is not the swiftest. As a wise teacher once told me, and I now tell all my students, "Do It Now".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Semper Fidelis Praise for Troutman's Fantastic New Book!, February 27, 2006

By	J. Coffey - See all my reviews

Dear Amazon.com staff;

Congratulations! You outdid yourselves by having Ms. Kathryn Troutman's latest book, "Military to Federal Career Guide," in your resource library.

After serving 24 years in the Marine Corps and ten years as a Career Development Coach for the Department of Defense at Camp Pendleton, CA, home to over 40,000 Marines and Sailors of the 1st Marine Division, I am pleased to praise the name of Ms. Kathryn Troutman for creating a tool that will aid the military person in becoming a Federal employee. The book "Military to Federal Career Guide" is that tool.

Military personnel respond well to organized information and the "Military to Federal Career Guide" is just that, organized! This fantastic book helps military personnel to identify their transferable skills that they possess that will relate to their desired goals as a Federal Government employee.

Ms. Troutman realized that since military personnel use steps and sequences to accomplish their goals, that she must create the path for the military personnel to travel to the government resume and with this book, she has done just that.

I endorse this book so much because I believe that any military person that uses this book from beginning to end, following all of the steps and examples, will have a far greater chance for a job offer from the Federal government than someone that doesn't use the "Military to Federal Career Guide" book.

Semper Fidelis to the staff of Amazon.com for your professionalism.

Fred

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended by Fred E. Coon, Chairman & CEO of recruiting and executive placement agency Stewart, Cooper & Coon, Inc., January 22, 2006

By	J. Coffey - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What I really like about this book is the easy-to-follow layout. It is clear and I know how to find an issue area I wish to learn more about. I also feel the content is solid and the examples are as good as it gets for this difficult area to write about. Kathryn takes the mystery out of understanding the Federal process and makes it easier by laying out the issue areas clearly and providing examples for each. She also devotes an appropriate amount of time to the dreaded KSA's and how to cut them down to size and present your background well enough to make it through the maze of the Federal selection processes.

Kathryn also has excellent resources listed and her abundant research on the subject shows in the material that is presented. Like my book, it comes with a CD-ROM that has just excellent color, graphs, charts and indexing. Quite a treat to view. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in working for the Federal Government. It will make the process so much easier to understand and I believe if you follow her advice, you will have a much better chance of consideration for employment in a very crowded arena.