Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed: First-Ever Book on Federal Resume Writing Featuring the Outline Format Federal Resume

Independent Press Award Winner (2021): Best 2021 Reference Book – Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Edition Ben Franklin Award Winner (2021): GOLD – Reference Category – Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Edition SILVER – Business / Careers – Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Edition Stumped? Stuck? Need info or inspiration to write your federal resume? Top fed jobs trainer Kathryn Troutman’s Federal Resume Guidebook was the 1st book on these longer resumes, and it is the best-selling guide to writing them. The 7th Edition is 90% new with more resume samples and case histories than ever! You ll find 17 sample federal resumes and 20+ accomplishment stories. The resumes include before and after resume samples, so you can easily see what you re doing wrong and how to write it right. Remember, federal resumes are different than private industry resumes. This book helps you navigate the differences. The Guide’s New Organization jumps right in with step-by-step directions for writing an easy-to-follow, stand-out Federal Resume using the Troutman-designed Outline Format that OPM welcomes. It then addresses a wider range of Possible Goals of Jobseekers. Part 1: 9 Strategies for Writing a Successful (Outline Format) Resume Part 2: 10 Steps to Getting Promoted in Government ✓ Federal to federal advancement Part 3: Federal Career Change Stories ✓ Private sector to federal job ✓ Recent graduate to federal job ✓ Extreme career change in government ✓ Federal employee to private sector Part 4: Special Insights for Information Technology Specialists The Guide s comprehensive offering of Resume Samples includes such hot careers as: ✓ FBI Special Agent ✓ Information Technology Specialist How-to’s covered include: A step-by-step process for developing the outline format federal resume HR loves Discovering your knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) through a fun how many hats do you wear on the job? exercise How to find keywords from vacancy announcements to use in your resume Mining previous experience by using your performance reviews How to write accomplishment stories to make HR take notice of your resume Tackling the required OPM core competencies (through the rarely covered example of secret service position core competencies) Submitting your resume and questionnaire to USAJobs How to interview and land the position Special considerations for getting promoted How to make those challenging career changes Want a new federal job? This is the book you need to get there. — ASIN: 173340760X | ISBN13: 9781733407601 | ISBN-13: 978-1733407601