2nd Edition Writing Your NSPS Self Assessment: Guide to Writing Accomplishments for Dod Employees and Supervisors (Writing Your Nsps Self-Assessment) [Paperback]

Kathryn K. Troutman (Author), Nancy H. Segal (Author), Paulina Chen (Editor, Illustrator), Living Water Designs (Editor, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2009 | Series: Writing Your NSPS Self-Assessment

This book is a must-have for all Department of Defense employees faced with the challenge of writing their NSPS self-assessment. This book has simplified the complicated federal employment process into ten very easy-to-learn steps. It offers one-of-a-kind resource packed with hot tips and self-assessment samples. The CD-Rom is loaded with samples, templates and free NSPS writing tools.

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About the Author

KATHRYN TROUTMAN is a Federal Career Consultant, Federal Agency Career Trainer, Author, Publisher, and President of resume-place.com, a consulting practice and publisher in Catonsville, MD. A successful career trainer, she is the author of the best--selling federal career book, Federal Resume Guidebook, Ten Steps to a Federal Job, and several other books. He is a frequent television and radio commentator and guest. She is a regular contributor to monster.com, military.com, govcentral.com and other federal employment websites. NANCY H. SEGAL is a Federal Career Trainer, Certified Federal Resume Writer and Federal Career Consultant out of Chicago, IL. A successful government trainer, she has trained NSPS employee, supervisor and agency training for the past year. Nancy is an expert keyword analyst for Department of Defense employees for career documents. Previously Ms. Segal was a human resources specialist with several federal agencies and became an expert and advocate for federal employees seeking advancement and career change.

Product Details

• Paperback: 165 pages
• Publisher: The Resume Place; Second Edition edition (August 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982419007
• ISBN-13: 978-0982419007
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,756,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Enough Examples, January 13, 2010

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Mary K. Parker "Expert Obstacle Remover" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2nd Edition Writing Your NSPS Self Assessment: Guide to Writing Accomplishments for Dod Employees and Supervisors (Writing Your Nsps Self-Assessment) (Paperback)

I am a higher rater for the NSPS employees in my department. There is still much angst over how to write objectives, how to measure those accomplishments, and how to assist employees with writing their self-assessments. Quite frankly, all I really needed was the ability to review multiple examples of successful self-assessments and job objectives in order to craft my own and to guide my staff. I truly thought this book would be helpful.

Imagine my disappointment to read only FIVE complete examples in the book with an additional four examples in the appendix...and none were relevant to a nurse or nurse extender.

The book contains the same information you can find at the NSPS web site: http://www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps/

There is no reason to purchase this manual unless you want a nice work book to do your writing in. This was not helpful to me as an employer.