This guide shows you what you must know and do to get a good federal job-with health insurance, retirement benefits, and a stable future. Inside this book, find how to translate your work experience and education into federal employment. Discover where to aim with the 10 hottest federal fields. Effectively present specialized experience, as needed. Expand your short private industry resume into a typical 4-page USAJOBS federal resume. Determine and use the right words that federal hiring authorities look for. Break the code on difficult KSAs and challenging self-assessment questionnaires
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Even experienced job seekers who've been through several rounds of Searching in the private sector are puzzled by the federal experience. A new book by Kathryn Troutman masterfully addresses that issue: Ten Steps to a Federal Job: How to Land a Job in the Obama Administration, 2nd Edition (resume-place.com). It's a marvel in clearly explaining the myriad of federal customs, conventions and requirements. Keywords are extremely important, Troutman says. Seasoned workers attempting the transition to public employment often are shut out because they fail to show how their experience translates from one sector to meeting the requirements of the other. --Joyce Lain Kennedy, Careers Now, Syndicated Columnist, Tribune Newspapers
I highly recommend Kathryn Troutman's new book, Ten Steps to a Federal Job, 2nd Edition. Federal job seekers are often overwhelmed and confused by the application process, but Kathryn clearly explains the steps that will result in a successful job search. She covers all grounds, from familiarizing readers with the different types of federal jobs to finding job announcements, creating the perfect resume, and writing KSAs that open doors. The book includes real-life case studies as well as a CD-ROM filled with example resumes, KSAs, and a questionnaire. This is a must-buy book for anyone seeking to land a federal job, written by the authority on federal job searching and resume development. --Kim Isaacs, Monster's Resume Expert and Director of ResumePower.com
I highly recommend Kathryn Troutman's new book, Ten Steps to a Federal Job, 2nd Edition. Federal job seekers are often overwhelmed and confused by the application process, but Kathryn clearly explains the steps that will result in a successful job search. She covers all grounds, from familiarizing readers with the different types of federal jobs to finding job announcements, creating the perfect resume, and writing KSAs that open doors. The book includes real-life case studies as well as a CD-ROM filled with example resumes, KSAs, and a questionnaire. This is a must-buy book for anyone seeking to land a federal job, written by the authority on federal job searching and resume development. --Kim Isaacs, Monster's Resume Expert and Director of ResumePower.com
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Kathryn Troutman is the nation's leading expert in federal job search and career training. Troutman designed the federal resume currently being used as an official job application document. A businesswoman and government trainer, she created the Troutman Method, a uniquely specific technique to match and effectively present a federal job seeker's qualifications with a position's requirements. As an author, Troutman has produced nine acclaimed federal career books credited with helping many thousands of federal job seekers- at all levels- land federal positions and move up.
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Excellent resource for federal job applications,
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This review is from: Ten Steps to a Federal Job: How to Land a Job in the Obama Administration (Paperback)
Learn about the federal application process, start to finish. Kathryn Troutman is the foremost expert on federal hiring and her methods work consistently for job seekers.
With really important information about how the hiring actually works, this book tells you just how to prepare your resume and KSA narratives/questions to rate well and get hired. Plus the book has numerous samples from real life people who have had success with the Troutman Method and includes before and after illustrations of each. Federal HR reviewers respond well to the outline format resume shown in the book. As someone who works regularly with federal jobseekers, I hear consistently that the methodology taught in this book have helped them understand the process and successfully prepare and submit applications. With so many new federal jobs coming on line under Obama, this book is a must have resource! Other great features of the book include information and character counts for USAJOBS and the other online builders and application systems, help in answering self-assessment questions, sample KSAs and lots, lots more.
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The bible of Federal job-hunting,
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Landing a Federal job is tricky and time-consuming, but well worth the effort in this economy. The process of applying is so different than the private sector process that one would be lost without a guide like this. Written by the acknowledged leader in the field, it's the perfect guide for the first-time Federal job seeker. I've used it myself, and it works.
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Shill Reviews!!!!!,
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Most, if not all, of these so-called "reviews" by Amazon customers are actually shill reviews. These "independent" reviewers all have reviews of only this book or books written by this author. What a shame/sham!!!!
DO NOT BUY. I saw this book in the bookstore and it's a bunch of nonsense. Really simple stuff that you can figure out yourself without the this book. The internet is your best tool.
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