Federal Resume Guidebook: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in, Get Promoted, and Survive in a Government Career! 3rd Edition

Ill keep this short. This is easy to read. It has many examples of what to do and what not to do. It is written by someone who was directly involved in the federal hiring system. The chapters are catagorized very well making it easy to go back and refrence what you need. It explains what the people who look at your resume are looking for and also shows you how to read job announcements so you can tailor your resume to them. This book is the key to move ahead. Executive Federal Resumes......Page 426 Contents......Page 4 Copyright......Page 3 Index of Sample Resumes......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 About This Book......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 About the Contributors......Page 15 Part 1 Getting Getting Started Started......Page 18 CHAPTER 1 What Is a Federal Resume?......Page 19 Six Resume Formats for the Six Most Common Federal Career Objectives......Page 20 Federal Resumes for Career Change ( Occupational Series Change and Advancement)......Page 21 Federal Resumes for Career Change ( with New Training and Education)......Page 27 Federal Resumes for Lateral Moves ( New Agency, New Location, or New Supervisor)......Page 29 Federal Resumes for New Agencies with New Missions......Page 33 Federal Resumes for Reinstatement......Page 39 Summary......Page 45 CHAPTER 2 Strategies for Moving Up in Government......Page 46 Setting Goals Makes the Difference......Page 47 Know Your Agencies......Page 50 Being Proactive: Eliminating the .° Wait- and- See.± Mentality......Page 51 The One- Page Resume: A Networking and Self-Marketing Tool......Page 52 Summary......Page 54 Getting into the Mindset for Writing a Better Resume......Page 55 Five Steps to Getting Started on Your Federal Resume......Page 57 Information That Must Be on Your Federal Resume Resume......Page 59 The First Two Sections of a Federal Resume......Page 60 Summary......Page 65 Step 1: Find Vacancy Announcements......Page 66 Step 2: Analyze the Vacancy ( mail), fax, or e- mail. This announcement Announcement......Page 68 The Importance of the Vacancy Announcements......Page 79 Using Core Competencies as Transferable Skills When Changing Careers......Page 80 Summary......Page 81 Part 2 Writing Writing Your Your Federal Federal Resume Resume......Page 93 Considerations for Organizing Your Educational Background......Page 94 Education Section Samples......Page 95 CHAPTER 7 Writing About Your Other Qualifications......Page 105 Examples of “Other Qualifications” Sections......Page 106 Job- Related Honors, Awards,or Special Accomplishments......Page 114 Sports, Activities, and Special Interests......Page 121 Media, Quotes, Articles, and Public Speaking......Page 122 Summary......Page 123 CHAPTER 8 Writing Your Work Experience......Page 124 What the Work Experience Section Should Include......Page 125 Know Your Audience: Who’s Going to Read Your Resume?......Page 126 Do Your Research......Page 127 More Preparation Before Writing......Page 129 Converting Your SF- 171,OF-612, or Private-Sector Resume into a Better,Expanded Federal Resume......Page 130 The Factor Evaluation System( FES)......Page 132 The Rewriting Stage......Page 134 Questions and Answers About the Work Experience Section......Page 145 Writing Your Part- Time and Small- Business Job Descriptions......Page 146 Writing About Unpaid Work Experiences......Page 147 What Have You Accomplished?The Importance of Your Career and Volunteer From an employer’s point of view, accomplishments,Accomplishments......Page 151 Project Lists......Page 155 Summary......Page 157 CHAPTER 9 Plain- Language Resumes:......Page 158 Second Principle: Use Short Sentences......Page 159 Third Principle: Do Not Use ¡° I¡±......Page 160 Sixth Principle: No Bureaucratese, Colloquialisms, or Technobabble......Page 161 Eighth Principle: Tell the Truth and Don.ˉt Exaggerate......Page 163 Tenth Principle: Avoid the Passive Voice......Page 164 Summary......Page 166 Overview of the Three Types of Focusing Sections......Page 167 Targeting Your Resume to Each Announcement......Page 169 Changing Careers Using the Focusing Sections......Page 170 More Profile Statement Examples......Page 172 Federal Resume Case Studies Case Study 1: Profile with with Page 1 Focusing Sections Summary of Positions and......Page 175 Summary......Page 180 Part 3 Electronic Resumes, Cover Letters, KSAs, and Electronic Resumes, Cover Letters, KSAs, and Applications......Page 181 Organizing Your Resume Sections......Page 182 Formatting Your Federal Resume......Page 183 Grammar, Consistency, and Proofreading Tips......Page 188 Packaging Your Application......Page 189 Summary......Page 191 CHAPTER 12 Electronic Resume Writing......Page 192 The Major Differences Between Electronic Resumes and “ Paper” Federal Resumes......Page 193 Ten Steps for Preparing andWriting a Successful Electronic Resume......Page 194 The Bottom Line: Read the Directions Carefully......Page 202 USAJOBS and Recruitment One- Stop ¡a The Near Future......Page 203 The Present Situation: Several Different Automated HR Systems Manage Resumes for Federal Agencies......Page 204 How Automated Human Resources Systems Manage Resumes......Page 208 Two Typical Kinds of Vacancy Announcements—Open Inventory Announcements and Current Job Announcements......Page 210 Summary......Page 211 What Is a KSA?......Page 212 An In- Depth Look at KSAs......Page 213 How to Write Great KSAs......Page 217 Examples of Good KSAs......Page 228 Summary......Page 232 Why Should You Include a Cover Letter?......Page 233 Draft Your Cover Letter......Page 235 Sample Cover Letters......Page 238 Summary......Page 247 Part 4 Resumes and Guidance for Specific Federal Careers Resumes and Guidance for Specific Federal Careers......Page 248 A Profile of the SES......Page 249 Requirements for Successful Applicants: Remember the Basics......Page 251 What Does the SES Announcement Require?......Page 252 Writing Executive Core Qualifications......Page 254 The Anatomy of an ECQ......Page 256 Sample ECQ Statements......Page 261 A Sample Executive Federal Resume......Page 276 Summary......Page 283 The CareerProofing System......Page 284 Protect Your Assets......Page 286 Add Value to Where You Work......Page 288 Putting It All Together......Page 289 CHAPTER 18 Federal Jobs in Science, Medicine, and Health Policy: Converting a Curriculum Vitae into a Federal Resume......Page 291 Section- by- Section Conversion Instructions......Page 293 Federal Resume......Page 295 Before- and- After Sample CV and Federal Resume......Page 296 CHAPTER 19 Writing a Federal IT Resume......Page 307 IT Resume Writing Challenges......Page 308 Federal IT Resume Examples......Page 311 Summary......Page 321 Case Study: Ship Fitters at Pearl Harbor......Page 322 The Most Desired Jobs for Former WG, WS, WL, WD, and WN Employees......Page 324 Researching Your Transferable Skills and Keywords......Page 325 Checklist for Writing a Wage-Grade Resume......Page 326 Sample Resumix Resume for a Wage- Grade Transition......Page 329 Summary......Page 331 CHAPTER 21 Resumes for Business Contracts and Purchasing......Page 332 Skills for Contracting Experts......Page 333 The OPM’s Classification Standards......Page 334 New Competencies Needed forContract Specialists in Government......Page 335 Examples of the Types of Contracts Negotiated and Managed......Page 336 Examples of Good Contracting Resumes......Page 337 Summary......Page 346 CASE 1: State to Federal Career Change......Page 347 CASE 2: Transitioning from Private Industry to Government......Page 350 CASE 3: Moving Up from One Federal Job to Another......Page 354 CASE 4: Transitioning from Nonprofit to a Federal Job ( Electronic Resume)......Page 358 Summary: Six Key Ways to Improve Your Administrative Resume......Page 361 CHAPTER 23 Applying for Program/ Management Analyst Positions......Page 362 What Is a Program/Management Analyst?......Page 363 Job Requirements for aProgram/ Management Analyst......Page 364 Gearing Your Resume Toward a Program/ Management Analyst Job......Page 367 Sample Resume for a Program/ Management Analyst......Page 371 Summary: Final Advice for the Program/ Management Analyst......Page 375 CHAPTER 24 Human Resources Management:An Occupation in Transition......Page 376 Addressing the New HR Competencies......Page 377 Developing New HR Competencies on Shifting Sands......Page 378 Two Contexts, Three Roles, and Ten Specialties: Using the HR Classification Standards to Focus Your KSAs......Page 381 Eight Emerging KSAs for the HR Career Field......Page 386 Translating Your Resume to Civilian Speak......Page 387 Focusing Your Resume......Page 390 Summary......Page 403 Appendix Federal Resume Examples......Page 404 Federal Resumes for Students and Recent Graduates......Page 405 Career Change Federal Resumes......Page 410 Resume for Promotion......Page 416 Resumix Resumes......Page 418 Contract Specialist Resume......Page 422 Index......Page 434